Permissions for dovecot logging

[James Moe]

On 2022-12-28 00:27, Aki Tuomi wrote:

> The `log` service runs by default as root, not as dovecot. 
>
  Then I do not understand why there is a permissions problem at all. It is root!

> If data01 is a NFS mount, then root may become squashed.
> 
  Not an NFS mount. It is local.

> If you want to run log as `dovecot`, you can do so with
> 
> service log {
>   user = dovecot
> }
>
  Permission is still denied.
  Where do I find information about "status=80/n/a"?

  I did not include all two of the syslog entries in the previous message:
2022-12-29T20:17:56-0700 sma-server3 dovecot[12102]: Can't open log file
/data01/var/log/dovecot.log: Permission denied
2022-12-29T20:17:56-0700 sma-server3 systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Main process
exited, code=exited, status=80/n/a


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