[Dovecot] execvp /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-lda: Permission denied

[Edward Carraro]

Thanks everyone!

I changed it to "virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp" in
main.cf and chowned the file "/var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp" to
"postfix:postfix"
it is now delivering email

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Thomas Leuxner <tlx at leuxner.net> wrote:

> Am 23.09.2010 um 20:44 schrieb Edward Carraro:
>
> using "virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:dovecot-lmtp" in main.cf I get
>
> Sep 23 18:38:25 mybox postfix/lmtp[2175]: 7790032064F: to=<
> user at mytest.domain.com>, relay=none, delay=525, delays=525/0.02/0/0,
> dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mybox.domain.com[dovecot-lmtp]: No
> such file or directory)
>
> i did a search for dovecot-lmtp but Debian is unable to find it.
>
>
> Per default Debian uses a chrooted Postfix configuration. Therefore the
> socket needs to be located inside the chroot e.g:
>
> service lmtp {
>  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
>    group = postfix
>    mode = 0660
>    user = postfix
>   }
> }
>
> These should give an idea on how it plays together:
>
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/VirtualUserFlatFilesPostfix
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/HowTo/PostfixDovecotLMTP
>
>