[Dovecot] dovecot: auth(default): Can't open configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf: Permission denied

[Timo Sirainen]

On 5.4.2011, at 1.16, Kevin P. McDonough wrote:

> Apr  4 13:15:03 ***** dovecot: auth(default): Can't open configuration file /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf: Permission denied

This file is opened while dovecot-auth is still running as root. So I'm guessing you have SELinux or AppArmor or something similar enabled, which prevents this.

> Error: setmntent(/etc/mtab) failed: Permission denied
..
> I just noticed that setmntent error above, I havent seen that anywhere else previously.  Any help would be _greatly_ appreciated.

This can also only be explained by SELinux/AppArmor.