[Dovecot] dovecot runs from shell, but not xinetd

[Stan Hoeppner]

On 3/20/2012 11:26 PM, Mark Jeghers wrote:
> Hi Stan
> 
> Afraid it did not help.  Here is what I got:
> 
> *** entered into a telnet session...
> user ann
> +OK
> pass ********
> -ERR [IN-USE] Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-03-20 21:16:05]
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> [root at t4pserver2 mailpop3]#
> 
> *** resulted in maillog...
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(ann,::1): lookup: user=ann file=/etc/passwd.dovecot
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: client out: OK#0112#011user=ann
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST#0113180593153#01113546#0112#0116c9a0569dcd246a9f9e7a94dbe852843
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd(ann,::1): lookup
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: USER#0113180593153#011ann#011system_groups_user=ann#011uid=501#011gid=501#011home=/home/ann
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<ann>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=13549, secured
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Debug: Effective uid=501, gid=501, home=/home/ann
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Debug: fs: root=/var/spool/mailpop3, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mailpop3/ann
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Error: stat(/var/spool/mailpop3/ann) failed: Permission denied
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /var/spool/mailpop3: mode=0777 gid=-1
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Error: stat(/var/spool/mailpop3/ann) failed: Permission denied
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /var/spool/mailpop3: mode=0777 gid=-1
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Error: stat(/var/spool/mailpop3/ann) failed: Permission denied
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Error: Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-03-20 21:16:05]
> Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Couldn't open INBOX top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0
> 
> *** file permissions...
> [root at t4pserver2 mailpop3]# ls -al
> total 248652
> drwxrwxrwx.  2 root         mail      4096 Mar 20 21:11 .
> drwxr-xr-x. 17 root         root      4096 Mar 18 18:22 ..
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 ann          mail     58739 Mar 17 04:26 ann
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 annphone     mail   2708345 Mar 17 05:22 annphone
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 root         mail 127272960 Mar 18 18:28 backups.tar
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 crimsonblues mail    327563 Dec  3 14:38 crimsonblues
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 mark         mail         0 Mar 18 13:09 mark
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 markphone    mail 124147068 Mar 18 04:21 markphone
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 nathan       mail      5119 Dec 22 18:52 nathan
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 root         mail         0 Mar 18 13:13 root
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 testuser     mail     58739 Mar 18 18:42 testuser
> -rw-rw-r--.  1 tim          mail     16212 Mar 18 15:51 tim
> 
> My CentOS installation created a user "mail" so I am hesitant to remove it, but it is no longer in use here.
> 
> Any other ideas?

What user does dovecot run as in the shell?  Under xinetd?

-- 
Stan