2.2.18 initial setup permissions problem

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Fri, 23 Oct 2015, Forrest wrote:

> I'm using Dovecot 2.2.18, compiled from source, on CentOS 6.
>
> I'm running into a permissions problem with my first rollout of Dovecot which 
> has to do with directory permissions:
>
> Oct 23 14:34:51 mail dovecot: imap(username): Error: 
> stat(/home/username/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied 
> (euid=596(<unknown>) egid=97(dovecot) missing +x perm:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> /home/username/Maildir, dir owned by 500:500 mode=0700)
                                       ^^^^^^^

you have configured your user or Dovecot to use uid 596, but the user's 
Maildir is owned by uid 500 .

> I can't seem to figure this one out.  Can someone point me in the right 
> direction.

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Steffen Kaiser
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