[Dovecot] Dovecot install problem

[Timo Sirainen]

On ma, 2010-05-31 at 11:57 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote:
> On 2010-05-31 11:36 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> > On su, 2010-05-30 at 14:04 -0400, David wrote:
> >> passwd-file /var/mail/vhosts/xxxx.net/shadow: stat() failed:
> >> Permission denied
> 
> > According to your dovecot -n output auth process runs as root.
> 
> ? I guess I'm blind Timo - how did you determine this?

There is no "user" setting listed and default auth user is root.

> I though the socket options user/group = postfix meant it was running as
> user/group postfix?

The socket settings only specify the socket's owner/group/permissions
(so it's about what clients can connect to it). Hopefully v2.0's dovecot
-n output is clearer in future. :)