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

[Daniel Petre]

hello,
is your dovecot supposed to act as a LDA ?


> 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