[Dovecot] dovecot runs from shell, but not as "service" -- MY MISTAKE, not xinetd

[Timo Sirainen]

On 21.3.2012, at 20.59, Mark Jeghers wrote:

> I am able to run it from a root shell prompt, but the errors below occur if it was started as a SERVICE, e.g. from the init.d script.  So now the question is: what is different in those two environments...?
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>> 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

Permission errors point to SELinux being the problem. Try disabling it.