doveadm import - strange warning

Ralf Hildebrandt r at sys4.de
Thu Jul 16 08:46:28 UTC 2015


I'm using the doveadm import command to extract mails from my backup:

% doveadm import -u restore at backup.invalid mdbox:/home/copymail/mdbox "" \
   mailbox INBOX header Delivered-To backup+$SEARCHPATTERN at backup.invalid

This works like a charm, I'm getting all the mails, and I can access
the newly generated mailbox.

But when executing the command I'm getting an annoying warning:

doveadm(restore at backup.invalid): Error: chdir(/root/) failed: Permission denied (euid=1001(copymail) egid=1001(copymail) missing +x perm: /root, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0700)
doveadm(restore at backup.invalid): Error: chdir(/root) failed: Permission denied

I'm using a file based authentication:

# cat passwd
restore at backup.invalid:{SHA}+/...the.hash...:1001:1001:(gecos):/home/restore::

So why is "restore at backup.invalid" being associated with /root?

I'm using 2:2.2.18-1~auto+91, but the warning has been around for ages
:)

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