[Dovecot] INBOX cant be created

[Eliezer Croitoru]

On 19/03/2012 20:23, Radim Kolar wrote:
>
>> doveadm(admin): Error: Can't create mailbox INBOX: Permission denied
>>
>> The INBOX exists but has a wrong owner.
> nope
> ponto# cd /var/mail
> ponto# mv admin/ admin.X
> ponto# doveadm mailbox create -u admin INBOX
> doveadm(admin): Error: Can't create mailbox INBOX: Permission denied
get into the maildir folder and use:
ls -la to see all the directories and permissions.
it might be with a starting "." what will make it "invisible" to regular ls.

Regards,
Eliezer

>
> but it might be that ordinary user admin cant create directories in
> /var/mail
> message from IMAP reply is wrong for sure because mailbox does not exists:
>
> ponto# cd /var/mail
> ponto# mv admin admin.x
> ponto# telnet localhost imap
> 3 select inbox
> 3 NO Mailbox doesn't exist: INBOX
> 4 create INBOX
> 4 NO [ALREADYEXISTS] Mailbox already exists: INBOX


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