Re: Unable to write *.sieve files while Dovecot is running

On 7. Apr 2022, at 16.16, Ralph Seichter <ralph@ml.seichter.de> wrote:

I noticed lately that I can no longer modify *.sieve files while Dovecot is running. Write operations appear not to be permitted anymore:

$ echo >> example.sieve zsh: permission denied: example.sieve

Text editors like vim cannot write either. Since I used to be able to modify Sieve source files on the fly, I am wondering if the behaviour I see nowadays is intentional?

Dovecot does not keep the files open or protect them against modifications. It is most likely some security feature in your operating system that blocks the modifications.

Sami