[Dovecot] Could use some help setting Dovecot up for the first time

[Bradley Giesbrecht]

On Mar 7, 2010, at 11:18 AM, joe wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've managed to get most of postfix and dovecot running using the  
> howto located on dovecot.org.
>
> So, I went to go test sending a email locally and i am getting this  
> error which i cannot seem to resolve. Any help would be welcomed.
>
>
> Mar 07 19:14:55 deliver(test at fasti.net): Info: auth input: home=/var/vmail/test at fasti.net 
> /
> Mar 07 19:14:55 deliver(test at fasti.net): Info: auth input:  
> mail=maildir:/var/vmail/test at fasti.net/
> Mar 07 19:14:55 deliver(test at fasti.net): Info: auth input: uid=101
> Mar 07 19:14:55 deliver(test at fasti.net): Info: auth input: gid=12
> Mar 07 19:14:55 deliver(test at fasti.net): Info: auth input:  
> quota=maildir:storage=0
> Mar 07 19:14:55 deliver(test at fasti.net): Fatal: setgid(12) failed  
> with euid=101(vmail), gid=6(mail), egid=6(mail): Operation not  
> permitted

I usually find this type of message "Operation not permitted" to be a  
permissions issue. Check that the user "deliver" running as has the  
needed permissions to work in your directories "/var/vmail".

// Brad