[Dovecot] dovecot cannot access a specific folder

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Spyros Tsiolis wrote:

> Jan 09 11:25:01 IMAP(postmaster at webmail.domain.gr): Error: 
> stat(/var/MailRoot/domains/webmail.domain.gr/postmaster/Maildir/tmp) 
> failed: Permission denied (euid=501(vmail) egid=502(vmail) missing +x 
> perm: /var/MailRoot)
>
> "/var/MailRoot" is the root path/folder for XMail. An smtp/pop3 server.
>
> Should I go ahead and chmod the folder or should I try to find a more
> delicate solution to this ?

The question seems to be: What credentials uses XMail to access the Mails, 
is 501:502 correct?

You will need to allow Dovecot to cross /var/MailRoot :-)

Regards,

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Steffen Kaiser
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