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[Dovecot] Out of memory/Managesieve
by Jim Knuth 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hello, I have here a problem with managesieve. With the login about webmail (roundcube) comes here in the log: --snip dovecot: managesieve-login: Fatal: pool_system_realloc(4294967296): Out of memory dovecot: managesieve-login: Fatal: master: service(managesieve-login): child 10157 returned error 83 (Out of memory (service managesieve-login { vsz_limit=1024 MB }, you may need to increase it)) --snap I've increased of 2048M and the same above. then with 4096 M happens the following --snip dovecot: managesieve-login: Panic: epoll_ctl(add, 61538840) failed: Bad file descriptor dovecot: managesieve-login: Fatal: master: service(managesieve-login): child 9777 killed with signal 6 (core dumps disabled) --snap How can one solve then this? Any ideas greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, with kind regards, Jim Knuth --------- Backup interessiert niemanden - Auf Restore kommt es an!

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[Dovecot] IMAP proxy between Office 365 client/Sun Messaging Server
by John Dalbec 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

I would like to be able to migrate messages from existing end-user accounts on Sun Messaging Server to Office 365 using an administrator login and password. Unfortunately the migration tool for Office 365 doesn't support SASL AUTHENTICATE PLAIN login. The online documentation I've found suggests that I should be able to configure dovecot as an IMAP proxy and have it log in to Sun Messaging Server with AUTHENTICATE PLAIN and encode_base64("user\0admin\0adminpw") in response to a login from the Office 365 migration tool. I'd like to configure dovecot to run only the IMAP proxy if possible. I was thinking of setting all accounts to use the same (strong) password in the proxy. Would anyone be willing to share a sample configuration? Thanks, John Dalbec ellucian Luminis system administrator Youngstown State University

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[Dovecot] Unable to get Managesieve working
by Cliff Dunn 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

I have Roundcube webmail (v. 0.8.2) running with the managesieve plugin (v. 5.1). I am able to create sieve rules without any problems in Roundcube, but incoming mail is not being processed with the rule I specify. I suspect there is something that isn't configured correctly in dovecot, but unfortunately I am unable to find a resolution online and my very limited knowledge of dovecot isn't allowing me to solve this problem on my own. I am including my dovecot config below. Please keep my knowledge level in mind when suggesting options and let me know if there is any other information I can provide to help troubleshoot the problem. Thanks for any assistance! # 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.6 log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imap imaps managesieve ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/postfix.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/postfix.key ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2 login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:~/mail:LAYOUT=fs:INBOX=~/mail/ mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve auth default: mechanisms: plain login passdb: driver: pam passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd userdb: driver: passwd socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix plugin: sieve: ~/.dovecot.sieve sieve_dir: ~/mail/sieve

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[Dovecot] Dovecot stops to work - anvil problem
by FABIO FERRARI 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hi all, we have a problem about anvil, it seems that when we have a high load the dovecot stops to work. Sometimes it is sufficient to make a dovecot reload, but sometimes we have to restart it. These are the lines related to anvil in the dovecot.log: [root@secchia ~]# grep anvil /var/log/dovecot.log | more Oct 26 11:13:55 anvil: Error: net_accept() failed: Too many open files Oct 26 11:14:32 imap-login: Error: net_connect_unix(anvil) failed: Resource temporarily unavailable Oct 26 11:14:32 imap-login: Fatal: Couldn't connect to anvil Oct 26 11:14:33 pop3-login: Error: net_connect_unix(anvil) failed: Resource temporarily unavailable Oct 26 11:14:33 pop3-login: Fatal: Couldn't connect to anvil [...] (many lines like these) Oct 26 12:01:10 pop3-login: Fatal: Couldn't connect to anvil Oct 26 12:01:18 auth: Error: read(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Connection reset by peer Oct 26 12:01:18 auth: Error: read(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Connection reset by peer Oct 26 12:01:18 auth: Error: net_connect_unix(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Connection refused Oct 26 12:01:18 auth: Error: net_connect_unix(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Connection refused Oct 26 12:01:18 auth: Error: read(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Connection reset by peer Oct 26 12:01:18 auth: Error: net_connect_unix(anvil-auth-penalty) failed: Connection refused And this is the output of the doveconf -n: [root@secchia ~]# doveconf -n # 2.0.1: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-308.11.1.el5 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8 (Tikanga) xfs auth_cache_size = 1024 auth_cache_ttl = 21600 s auth_debug = yes auth_debug_passwords = yes auth_master_user_separator = * auth_mechanisms = plain login auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb auth_verbose = yes base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ disable_plaintext_auth = no hostname = mail.unimore.it info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log mail_debug = yes mail_location = maildir:/cl/mail/vhosts/sms.unimo.it/%Ln/Maildir mail_plugins = $mail_plugins quota mailbox_idle_check_interval = 60 s mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace { inbox = yes location = prefix = INBOX. separator = . type = private } passdb { args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot.masterusers driver = passwd-file master = yes } passdb { args = dovecot driver = pam } plugin { quota = maildir:User quota quota_exceeded_message = Quota exceeded (mailbox is full) quota_rule = *:storage=200MB quota_rule2 = *:messages=100000 quota_rule3 = INBOX.Trash:storage=+100M quota_warning = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u quota_warning2 = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u quota_warning3 = messages=95%% quota-warning 95 %u quota_warning4 = messages=80%% quota-warning 80 %u setting_name = quota } postmaster_address = postmaster(a)unimore.it quota_full_tempfail = yes service anvil { client_limit = 199999 process_limit = 199999 } service auth { client_limit = 14500 unix_listener auth-userdb { mode = 0600 user = vmail } } service imap-login { inet_listener imap { port = 143 } inet_listener imaps { port = 993 } process_limit = 5000 } service imap { process_limit = 5000 } service pop3-login { inet_listener pop3 { port = 110 } inet_listener pop3s { port = 995 } } service pop3 { process_limit = 1024 } service quota-warning { executable = script /usr/local/bin/quota-warning.sh unix_listener quota-warning { group = vmail user = vmail } user = dovecot } ssl_ca = </etc/pki/tls/certs/ca_unimore_tcs.pem ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/cert-852-mail.unimore.it-cluster.pem ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/certs/mailcluster.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext driver = sql } verbose_ssl = yes protocol lda { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins quota } protocol imap { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins imap_quota } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = $mail_plugins quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } [root@secchia ~]# And these are the limit settings in the OS: * soft nofile 131072 * hard nofile 131072 Have someone had the same problem? thanks in advance Fabio Ferrari

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[Dovecot] lmtp out of memory - raw backtrace
by Daniel Parthey 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Hi, Our setup: - 4 hosts with director and mailbox instance - delivery via director lmtp into mailbox lmtp - mailbox format: mdbox - storage on NFS - OS: Linux 2.6.32-44-server x86_64 Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS - Dovecot 2.1.10 - Pigeonhole 0.3.3 We're getting strange "out of memory" lmtp errors/backtrace with dovecot 2.1.10 accompanied by high load caused caused by a lot of lmtp deliveries to one user. First action would be to increase vsz_limit to a higher value, but I just want to make sure there is no bug - before blindly increasing this limit. I think it should not crash and corrupt mdbox, even if memory limit is reached: Oct 29 20:14:56 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(26698, user1(a)example.org) Fatal: pool_system_realloc(16777216): Out of memory Oct 29 20:14:56 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(26698, user1(a)example.org) Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x4271a) [0x7f6dcbae971a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x42766) [0x7f6dcbae 9766] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(i_fatal+0) [0x7f6dcbabd158] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x53690) [0x7f6dcbafa690] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot.so.0(+0x3e6f5) [0x7f6dcbae56f5] -> /usr/lib/dove cot/libdovecot.so.0(buffer_write+0x7c) [0x7f6dcbae5e7c] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0xa8033) [0x7f6dcbdda033] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_record_map_move_to_private+0x3 c) [0x7f6dcbdda4ec] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_sync_get_atomic_map+0x18) [0x7f6dcbde9c88] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0xb7cf9) [0x7f6dcbde9cf9] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/lib dovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_sync_record+0x7e6) [0x7f6dcbdea626] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_sync_map+0x23c) [0x7f6dcbdeae4c] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_m ap+0xa8) [0x7f6dcbddc2b8] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0xb42da) [0x7f6dcbde62da] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0xb458a) [0x7f6dcbde658a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0( mail_index_sync_begin_to+0x4f) [0x7f6dcbde6ecf] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_sync_begin+0x1e) [0x7f6dcbde6f4e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mdbox_map_atomic_lock+0x5e) [0x 7f6dcbd6115e] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mdbox_transaction_save_commit_pre+0x46) [0x7f6dcbd64fb6] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(+0x9d4f3) [0x7f6dcbdcf4f3] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdov ecot-storage.so.0(mail_index_transaction_commit_full+0x9f) [0x7f6dcbddd97f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(index_transaction_commit+0x8a) [0x7f6dcbdcf18a] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/lib10_quota_plug in.so(+0xba7f) [0x7f6dca4eca7f] -> /usr/lib/dovecot/libdovecot-storage.so.0(mailbox_transaction_commit_get_changes+0x3d) [0x7f6d Oct 29 20:14:56 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(26698, user1(a)example.org) Fatal: master: service(lmtp): child 26698 returned error 83 (Out of memory (service lmtp { vsz_limit=256 MB }, you may need to increase it)) Oct 30 01:15:49 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(17927, user1(a)example.org) Error: mmap_anon(216690688) failed: Cannot allocate memory Oct 30 01:15:49 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(17927, user1(a)example.org) Error: mmap_anon(216690688) failed: Cannot allocate memory Oct 30 10:32:27 10.129.3.249 dovecot: mailbox: mail: imap(user1(a)example.org): <nURUbUPNBgAKgQPI>: Error: Corrupted dbox file /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/storage/m.3577 (around offset=1844402): EOF reading msg header (got 0/30 bytes) Oct 30 10:33:44 10.129.3.249 dovecot: mailbox: mail: imap(user1(a)example.org): <ZZ0pYkPN+wAKgQPp>: Error: /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/mailboxes/Lists/Cron/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index reset, view is now inconsistent Oct 30 10:33:44 10.129.3.249 dovecot: mailbox: mail: imap(user1(a)example.org): <CcYCYkPNkAAKgQPV>: Error: /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/mailboxes/Lists/postfix/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index reset, view is now inconsistent Oct 30 10:33:44 10.129.3.249 dovecot: mailbox: mail: imap(user1(a)example.org): <t+gLYkPNVQAKgQPV>: Error: /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/mailboxes/Lists/Dovecot/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index reset, view is now inconsistent Oct 30 10:33:46 10.129.3.249 dovecot: mailbox: mail: imap(user1(a)example.org): <YElVbUPNKwAKgQO/>: Error: /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index reset, view is now inconsistent Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21404, user1(a)example.org) Error: Timeout (180s) while waiting for lock for transaction log file /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/storage/dovecot.map.index.log Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21405, user1(a)example.org) Error: Timeout (180s) while waiting for lock for transaction log file /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/storage/dovecot.map.index.log Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21410, user1(a)example.org) Error: Timeout (180s) while waiting for lock for transaction log file /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/storage/dovecot.map.index.log Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21419, user1(a)example.org) Error: Timeout (180s) while waiting for lock for transaction log file /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/storage/dovecot.map.index.log Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21404, user1(a)example.org) Error: 2ZCXNsuej1CcUwAAk4785w: sieve: mailbox: deliver: session=<session}> msgid=<201210300932.q9U9URHO029943(a)common.example-hosting.net> from=MAILER-DAEMON(a)common.example-hosting.net: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-10-30 10:32:59] Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21404, user1(a)example.org) Error: 2ZCXNsuej1CcUwAAk4785w: sieve: script /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep (user logfile /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve.log may reveal additional details) Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21405, user1(a)example.org) Error: PFBjN8uej1CdUwAAk4785w: sieve: mailbox: deliver: session=<session}> msgid=<201210300932.q9U9URHP029943(a)common.example-hosting.net> from=MAILER-DAEMON(a)common.example-hosting.net: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-10-30 10:32:59] Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21410, user1(a)example.org) Error: spYhE82ej1CiUwAAk4785w: sieve: mailbox: deliver: session=<session}> msgid=<201210300932.q9U9URHQ029943(a)common.example-hosting.net> from=MAILER-DAEMON(a)common.example-hosting.net: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-10-30 10:33:01] Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21419, user1(a)example.org) Error: sOscMs2ej1CrUwAAk4785w: sieve: mailbox: deliver: session=<session}> msgid=<201210300932.q9U9URHS029943(a)common.example-hosting.net> from=MAILER-DAEMON(a)common.example-hosting.net: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-10-30 10:33:01] Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21410, user1(a)example.org) Error: spYhE82ej1CiUwAAk4785w: sieve: script /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep (user logfile /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve.log may reveal additional details) Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21405, user1(a)example.org) Error: PFBjN8uej1CdUwAAk4785w: sieve: script /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep (user logfile /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve.log may reveal additional details) Oct 30 10:36:16 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21419, user1(a)example.org) Error: sOscMs2ej1CrUwAAk4785w: sieve: script /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep (user logfile /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve.log may reveal additional details) Oct 30 10:36:46 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21538, user1(a)example.org) Error: Timeout (180s) while waiting for lock for transaction log file /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/storage/dovecot.map.index.log Oct 30 10:36:46 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21538, user1(a)example.org) Error: +jXqE+uej1AiVAAAk4785w: sieve: mailbox: deliver: session=<session}> msgid=<201210300933.q9U9URHi029943(a)common.example-hosting.net> from=MAILER-DAEMON(a)common.example-hosting.net: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-10-30 10:33:31] Oct 30 10:36:46 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21538, user1(a)example.org) Error: +jXqE+uej1AiVAAAk4785w: sieve: script /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep (user logfile /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve.log may reveal additional details) Oct 30 10:36:46 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21543, user1(a)example.org) Error: Timeout (180s) while waiting for lock for transaction log file /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/mail/storage/dovecot.map.index.log Oct 30 10:36:46 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21543, user1(a)example.org) Error: CxDMM+uej1AnVAAAk4785w: sieve: mailbox: deliver: session=<session}> msgid=<201210300933.q9U9URHl029943(a)common.example-hosting.net> from=MAILER-DAEMON(a)common.example-hosting.net: failed to store into mailbox 'INBOX': Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-10-30 10:33:31] Oct 30 10:36:46 10.129.3.249 dovecot: lmtp(21543, user1(a)example.org) Error: CxDMM+uej1AnVAAAk4785w: sieve: script /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve failed with unsuccessful implicit keep (user logfile /mail/dovecot/example.org/user1/.dovecot.sieve.log may reveal additional details) Regards Daniel -- https://plus.google.com/103021802792276734820

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[Dovecot] POP3 Proxy : user format not accepted
by Christian Gregoire 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hello, I want to use Dovecot as a POP3 proxy (http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/ImapProxy) All is working fine on my sample platform, except that I have plenty (several thousands) of users that login using local_part#domain, instead of local_part@domain, which is an old setting on my POP3 server. And in that case, Dovecot returns 'Authentication failed'. Here is my proxy table : mysql> select * from tbl_proxy; +--------------------+-------------+--------------------+ | user | host | destuser | +--------------------+-------------+--------------------+ | christian(a)mydom.fr | 10.10.100.1 | christian(a)mydom.fr | | christian#mydom.fr | 10.10.100.1 | christian(a)mydom.fr | +--------------------+-------------+--------------------+ If I login on the Dovecot proxy with the '@' version, everything is fine : root : ~> telnet 10.10.100.24 110 Trying 10.10.100.24... Connected to 10.10.100.24 (10.10.100.24). Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user christian(a)mydom.fr +OK pass azerty42 +OK christian#mydom.fr has 3 messages (3561 octets) And MySQL logs show the query : 121030 12:55:28 3 Query SELECT NULL AS password, host, destuser, 'Y' AS nologin, 'Y' AS nodelay, 'Y' AS proxy, 'Y' AS nopassword FROM tbl_proxy WHERE user = 'christian(a)mydom.fr' If I login on the Dovecot proxy with the '#' version, it fails : root : ~> telnet 10.10.100.24 110 Trying 10.10.100.24... Connected to 10.10.100.24 (10.10.100.24). Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. user christian#mydom.fr +OK pass azerty42 -ERR Authentication failed. And nothing shows up the the MySQL logs. If I login directly on the POP server with the same credentials, no problem : root : ~> telnet 10.10.100.1 110 Trying 10.10.100.1... Connected to 10.10.100.1 (10.10.100.1). Escape character is '^]'. +OK Welcome to POP3 Server V 2.06. Authenticate yourself. user christian#mydom.fr +OK Password required for christian#mydom.fr pass azerty42 +OK christian#mydom.fr has 3 messages (3561 octets) Any idea ? Is the '#' not internally supported in the user login by Dovecot ? Thanks in advance. Christian

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[Dovecot] Dovecot does not update acl_shared_dict file
by Chris Smith 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hi all, Firstly, thanks for all your effort with this software. Much appreciated. I am having a slight issues trying to enable reading of other users mailboxes. The docs are a little sparse for those that aren't mailadmin heros, I wonder if anyone could please help me see where I am going wrong. I would like to allow some users to list and read the mailboxes of others. E.g: When User1 logs in, they are presented with a list of their own folders, and those of User2, User3, etc to which they have (e.g. read/list) access I followed the instructions on the wiki (for Version 1.X)- there are two concepts here: 1. Grant some [e.g. list/read] access on a mailbox folder to a particular user 2. Enable the acl_shared_dict to allow dovecot to track (and display to IMAP clients) the folders to which they have access. This will take the form of a BDB file: /var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes.db This file can only be updated by using the SETACL command. *This is where I have the problem*. The SETACL command does nothing. No matter how hard I try, I cannot get dovecot to update this file. The only indication I have that the file exists and is readable by dovecot is the disappearance from the logs of the line: No acl_shared_dict setting - shared mailbox listing is disabled So I can see that dovecot knows the file is there because it does not complain any more. The file is there (because I created it myself, although it is empty: size = 0), and in a moment of weakness I made sure it could be updated (this will be changed back!): ls -l /var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes.db -rwxrwxrwx 1 dovecot dovecot 0 2012-10-30 12:27 /var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes.db But if I try to update the ACL, absolutely nothing happens: [ > command ] [ < reply ] > telnet localhost 143 < * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE STARTTLS AUTH=CRAM-MD5] Email server > a login [User2] [pass] < a OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE SORT SORT=DISPLAY THREAD=REFERENCES THREAD=REFS MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 CONDSTORE QRESYNC ESEARCH ESORT SEARCHRES WITHIN CONTEXT=SEARCH ACL RIGHTS=texk] Logged in > a SETACL Inbox [User 1] rl < a OK Setacl complete. At this time, in the dovecot log (with debug enabled): 2012-10-30 13:55:24 IMAP([User2]): Info: Namespace : Using permissions from /home/mailboxes/[domain]/[User1]: mode=0770 gid=-1 2012-10-30 13:55:24 IMAP([User2]): Info: acl vfile: reading file /home/mailboxes/[domain]/[User1]/dovecot-acl 2012-10-30 13:55:24 IMAP([User2]): Info: acl vfile: reading file /home/mailboxes/[domain]/[USer1]/dovecot-acl Can anyone please help me track down what I'm doing wrong here?! It's driving me mad! Thanks for your time if you've read this far!! As requested: dovecot --version 1.2.9 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /var/log/dovecot info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.info log_timestamp: %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S protocols: imaps imap listen: 127.0.0.1:143 ssl_listen: 37.235.54.98 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.key login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_greeting: Email server valid_chroot_dirs: /var/spool/vmail mail_location: maildir:/home/mailboxes/%d/%n mail_debug: yes mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock mail_plugins: acl imap_acl lda: postmaster_address: [ valid@ddress ] auth default: mechanisms: plain cram-md5 verbose: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/passwd userdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/users socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth-client mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth-master mode: 384 user: postfix group: postfix plugin: acl: vfile acl_shared_dict: file:/var/lib/dovecot/shared-mailboxes.db acl: vfile:/etc/dovecot/acls

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[Dovecot] Problem about SSL for Dovecot.
by sheng-wei.lim 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hi All, With the below setting (cropped), the ssl certificate(signed by godaddy) don’t seems to work. It will still ask me if I want to accept this certificate. I have use the same certificate for apache host and postfix it works without any prompt. dovecot version : 2.0.19 # OS: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic-pae i686 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS Dovecot config: ssl = required ssl_cert = </aaa/4/merged5.crt ssl_key = </certs/proximityjobs.key userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf driver = sql } verbose_ssl = yes protocol lda { auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes log_path = /var/log/sieve.log mail_plugins = quota sieve autocreate acl postmaster_address = root } protocol imap { imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep mail_plugins = quota imap_quota autocreate acl imap_acl } protocol pop3 { mail_plugins = quota pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv } Best Regards, Sheng Wei

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[Dovecot] Save/restore IMAP session state
by Timo Sirainen 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Some future Dovecot version will have "imap-idle" processes where IDLEing IMAP connections get moved, so the system wouldn't waste so much memory for all the IDLEing imap processes. A week ago I thought I'd see how easy it would be to implement this. I got a basic proof of concept working as a "X-STATE" command. Save the state: a x-state * STATE AQDLW45QdwAAAAMAAABuAQAAAAAAAFAcffYAPHnpFctbjlDbYQAAcEmzCwAA a OK State exported. Restore the state: b x-state AQDLW45QdwAAAAMAAABuAQAAAAAAAFAcffYAPHnpFctbjlDbYQAAcEmzCwAA b OK State imported. This could also be used to implement quick session state restoring for webmails (as suggested by Michael Slusarz). For getting the imap-idle process there would have to be code that: * triggers the session saving when process is IDLEing * figures out what filesystem paths the imap-idle should be looking at (i.e. paths to selected mailbox's dovecot.index.log file and maybe for e.g. maildir new/) * send the session state string, paths and imap connection fd to imap-idle process via UNIX socket * implement the actual imap-idle process * implement a way for imap-idle process to send back the state and connection fd to restore the imap process The patch is ugly and still missing many things. Anyway I thought I'd include it here just in case someone was really eager to continue implementing it. :) I'm not sure when I'll have time for it. A full patch would probably have to have some session_save()/session_restore() functions in lib-storage API. But a quick and dirty way is possible to implement for v2.1 as well, as long as some IMAP extensions aren't used (most importantly rfc5267).

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Re: [Dovecot] Changing password for users
by Joseph Tam 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Ben Morrow wrote: >> Maybe replace "/usr/bin/passwd" with htpasswd? > > Try pam_pwdfile with poppwd or some other poppassd that supports PAM. That's it! I was trying to remember the name of this PAM module. >>> and is there another way other than poppassd? >> >> Write your own PHP script -- it couldn't be more than a few dozen lines >> of code for a working skeleton. Or Google "php change password htpasswd". > > It's not as simple as you seem to think. Quite apart from getting the > password-changing itself right (have you considered what happens when > two users change their passwords at the same time? when Dovecot tries to > read the password file at the same time as you are changing it? when the > system crashes when you are halfway through rewriting the password > file?), you really shouldn't be running PHP as a user with write access > to a password file (even a virtual password file) in any case. I did consider it, and you're right, it is tricky to get it absolutely right. If robusteness and security was of utmost importance, I would abandon PHP too. I was scaling the solution to the OP's technical ability and apparent size of their operation -- if poppwd passes muster, this wouldn't be too far off. Joseph Tam <jtam.home(a)gmail.com>

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