[Dovecot] dovecot: lda(root): Fatal: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information.

[Thufir]

I ran dovecot -a and the blizzard of data seemed ok to my limited 
knowledge.  Is there another log I should look into to trace this error 
down?

Dovecot and system info:

thufir at dur:~$
thufir at dur:~$ dovecot --version
2.0.19
thufir at dur:~$
thufir at dur:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"
thufir at dur:~$



testing postfix & dovecot 
(http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/dovecot-postfix):

root at dur:/etc/postfix#
root at dur:/etc/postfix# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 dur.bounceme.net ESMTP Postfix (Ubuntu)
helo me
250 dur.bounceme.net
mail from:foo at bar.com
250 2.1.0 Ok
rcpt to:root at dur.bounceme.net
250 2.1.5 Ok
data
354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
subject:ping 3
blah blah
.
250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 35EC92A0D72
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.
root at dur:/etc/postfix#
root at dur:/etc/postfix# tail /var/log/mail.log
Nov 16 12:30:07 dur postfix/smtpd[4113]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 16 12:30:40 dur postfix/smtpd[4113]: 35EC92A0D72: 
client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 16 12:30:52 dur postfix/cleanup[4133]: 35EC92A0D72: 
message-id=<20121116203040.35EC92A0D72 at dur.bounceme.net>
Nov 16 12:30:52 dur postfix/qmgr[1681]: 35EC92A0D72: from=<foo at bar.com>, 
size=321, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 16 12:30:52 dur dovecot: lda(root): Error: chdir(/root/) failed: 
Permission denied (euid=65534(nobody) egid=65534(nogroup) missing +x 
perm: /root, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0700)
Nov 16 12:30:52 dur dovecot: lda(root): Error: chdir(/root) failed: 
Permission denied
Nov 16 12:30:52 dur dovecot: lda(root): Error: user root: Initialization 
failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: 
stat(/root/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=65534(nobody) 
egid=65534(nogroup) missing +x perm: /root, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0700)
Nov 16 12:30:52 dur dovecot: lda(root): Fatal: Invalid user settings. 
Refer to server log for more information.
Nov 16 12:30:52 dur postfix/local[4134]: 35EC92A0D72: 
to=<root at dur.bounceme.net>, relay=local, delay=25, 
delays=25/0.02/0/0.12, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure)
Nov 16 12:30:56 dur postfix/smtpd[4113]: disconnect from 
localhost[127.0.0.1]
root at dur:/etc/postfix#




thanks,

Thufir