[Dovecot] Correct folder permissions for maildir....

[Donovan J. Edye]

G'Day,

I am trying to find a definitive answer to what the directory 
permissions should be for my configuration under Centos 5.5. I see a 
number of the following error messages in the maillog as a consequence 
of permissions errors. After reading the FAQ, Wiki etc. and browsing the 
web I am unable to determine just exactly what the user security 
settings should be for the offending folders. If anyone could point me 
in the right direction I would appreciate it. Should you require 
additional diagnostic information let me know and I will source it.

The error messages:

Jun 17 19:50:14 moe dovecot: POP3(carolyn.spyseebiz): 
mkdir_parents(/home/spyseebiz/homes/carolyn/mail/.imap/INBOX) failed: 
Permission denied
Jun 17 19:53:09 moe dovecot: POP3(marnie.capitel): 
mkdir_parents(/home/capitel/homes/marnie/mail/.imap/INBOX) failed: 
Permission denied


dovecot -n

# 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf
protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s
listen: 116.212.71.194
ssl_listen: 116.212.71.194
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_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
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
pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv
pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv
pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %v.%u
namespace:
   type: private
   separator: /
   prefix: #mbox/
   location: mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
   inbox: yes
   hidden: yes
namespace:
   type: private
   separator: /
   location: maildir:~/Maildir
auth default:
   passdb:
     driver: pam
   userdb:
     driver: passwd

ps aux | grep dovecot

root      3457  0.0  0.0   1880   508 ?        Ss   Jun13   0:20 
/usr/sbin/dovecot
root      5650  0.0  0.1   7952  1460 ?        S    03:28   0:04 
dovecot-auth
dovecot  15591  0.0  0.1   4992  1760 ?        S    19:26   0:00 imap-login
dovecot  15598  0.0  0.1   4992  1752 ?        S    19:26   0:00 imap-login
dovecot  15627  0.0  0.1   4992  1508 ?        S    19:26   0:00 imap-login
dovecot  16596  0.0  0.1   4988  1748 ?        S    19:45   0:00 pop3-login
dovecot  16615  0.0  0.1   4988  1744 ?        S    19:46   0:00 pop3-login
dovecot  16720  0.2  0.1   4988  1500 ?        S    19:47   0:00 pop3-login
root     16726  0.0  0.0   4000   700 pts/0    S+   19:48   0:00 grep 
dovecot

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