[Dovecot] /var/run/dovecot mode 750 too tight
Thomas Leuxner
tlx at leuxner.net
Sun Nov 29 21:11:28 EET 2009
Am 29.11.2009 um 19:24 schrieb Frank Cusack:
> dovecot-1.2.8 creates /var/run/dovecot mode 750.
>
> I run postfix+dovecot in a virtual user setup. Postfix calls deliver
> as user vmail group vmail.
>
> Nov 29 12:53:04 imap.invalid dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.error] deliver(frank): userdb lookup: connect(/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: Permission denied (euid=500(vmail) egid=500(vmail) missing +x perm: /var/run/dovecot)
>
> I will say this: dovecot's error reporting in general is head and shoulders
> above the norm. Makes tracking down problems sooo much easier.
>
> Something else I noticed, should the dict-server socket really be mode 777?
> At least a-x I would think.
>
> -frank
Probably easier to tell if you would post your setup, but I guess this fixes it:
socket listen {
master {
path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
mode = 0600
user= vmail
group = vmail
}
Regards
Thomas
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