[Dovecot] Command output: Failed to write to log file

[Nick Lunt]

Hi

dovecot -n at end of message.

Jul 13 09:41:56 findb postfix/smtpd[15996]: connect from
unknown[10.56.85.6]
Jul 13 09:41:56 findb postfix/smtpd[15996]: 3B7EF56ABA:
client=unknown[10.56.85.6]
Jul 13 09:41:56 findb postfix/cleanup[15999]: 3B7EF56ABA:
message-id=<26CDBD30F4FE1D4FB6FB5F6D16BCA93E0E5B7777AD at RVEB1SRVMSGCCR1.c
ymru.nhs.uk>
Jul 13 09:41:56 findb postfix/qmgr[15667]: 3B7EF56ABA: from=<>,
size=1711, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Jul 13 09:41:56 findb postfix/smtpd[15996]: disconnect from
unknown[10.56.85.6]
Jul 13 09:41:56 findb postfix/local[16000]: 3B7EF56ABA:
to=<enduser at thishost.com>, relay=local, delay=0.05,
delays=0.03/0.01/0/0.02, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure.
Command output: Failed to write to log file)

Our postfix server started logging the above messages so I was thinking
I had a postfix issue, but it turned out that recreating the dovecot.log
file fixed the issue.
Does the /var/log/dovecot.log file require special permissions or can it
only grow to a certain size ?

[/var/log]# dovecot -n
# 1.2.10: /etc/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.el5 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release
5.2 (Tikanga)
log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log
info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log
ssl: no
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_access_groups: mail
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:~/Maildir
mail_debug: yes
mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
lda:
  postmaster_address: root at localhost
  mail_plugins: sieve
auth default:
  debug: yes
  passdb:
    driver: pam
  userdb:
    driver: passwd
plugin:
  sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve
  sieve_dir: ~/
  log_path: /var/log/dovecot.log


Many thanks
Nick .



 

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