[Dovecot] Correct permissions for base_dir??

[Odhiambo Washington]

I am having problems with dovecot regarding base_dir:

I have ::

base_dir = /opt/dovecot2/var/run/

For some reason, I have to set permissions to(chmod -R 1777
/opt/dovecot2/var/) for dovecot to run properly, but when I start dovecot, I
see this:
[root at gw] /opt/dovecot2/etc/dovecot# less /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log
Oct 21 16:15:27 master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=72634 uid=0
code=kill)
Oct 21 16:15:27 master: Warning: Corrected permissions for login directory
/opt/dovecot2/var/run/login
Oct 21 16:15:27 master: Warning: Corrected permissions for empty directory
/opt/dovecot2/var/run/empty
Oct 21 16:15:27 master: Info: Dovecot v2.0.5 (38e726a2b3b9) starting up

Now, when I send a test mail:

[root at gw] /usr/home/wash# less /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log
Oct 21 16:15:27 master: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=72634 uid=0
code=kill)
Oct 21 16:15:27 master: Warning: Corrected permissions for login directory
/opt/dovecot2/var/run/login
Oct 21 16:15:27 master: Warning: Corrected permissions for empty directory
/opt/dovecot2/var/run/empty
Oct 21 16:15:27 master: Info: Dovecot v2.0.5 (38e726a2b3b9) starting up
Oct 21 16:33:18 lda: Debug: Loading modules from directory:
/opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot
Oct 21 16:33:18 lda: Debug: Module loaded:
/opt/dovecot2/lib/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so
Oct 21 16:33:18 lda: Error: userdb lookup:
connect(/opt/dovecot2/var/run/auth-userdb) failed: Permission denied
(euid=26(mailnull) egid=26(mailnull) missing +r perm:
/opt/dovecot2/var/run/auth-userdb, euid is not dir owner)
Oct 21 16:33:18 lda: Fatal: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for
more information.

My doveconf -n output:

# OS: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64
auth_cache_negative_ttl = 1 days
auth_cache_size = 10 M
auth_mechanisms = plain digest-md5
auth_socket_path = /opt/dovecot2/var/run/auth-userdb
auth_verbose = yes
base_dir = /opt/dovecot2/var/run/
default_login_user = dovecot
disable_plaintext_auth = no
first_valid_gid = 26
first_valid_uid = 26
log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log
login_greeting = Dovecot-2.0-sis ready.
mail_attachment_dir = ~/mdbox/attachments
mail_debug = yes
mail_location = mdbox:~/mdbox
mail_plugins = quota
mail_privileged_group = mailnull
passdb {
  args = /opt/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
  driver = sql
}
plugin {
  mail_log_events = delete undelete expunge copy mailbox_delete
mailbox_rename
  mail_log_fields = uid box msgid size
}
postmaster_address = postmaster at thisuglytest.name
service imap-login {
  inet_listener imap {
    port = 143
  }
  inet_listener imaps {
    port = 993
    ssl = yes
  }
  service_count = 1
}
service pop3-login {
  inet_listener pop3 {
    port = 110
  }
  inet_listener pop3s {
    port = 995
  }
}
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/dovecot/cert.pem
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/dovecot/key.pem
userdb {
  args = /opt/dovecot2/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
  driver = sql
}
protocol imap {
  imap_client_workarounds = delay-newmail tb-extra-mailbox-sep
  mail_plugins = quota
}
protocol pop3 {
  mail_plugins = quota
  pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
}


And my full doveconf output is at: http://bit.ly/c6vLNw

I am not sure what I am getting wrong, really.

Thanking everyone in advance.


-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
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Damn!!