Hey,

Could someone help figure out whats wrong with my config based on the debug below?

What I am trying to achieve is to get email1@example.com to read emails in the Public directory that is stored on /run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail/Archive with the preface Public/Archive  .

The ACL has been set for anyone with permissions to lookup,read,write as shown below:-

doveadm acl get -u email1@example.com Public/Archive
ID     Global Rights                                               
anyone        lookup read write    

But when I try to access the emails for email1@example.com , there are no folders.

Could someone here help review my debug log and advise what could be causing this (dovecot -n output is provided below the debug message)

Many thanks for assistance.

Thanks

Debug Message:

Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap-login: Login: user=<email1@example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=5167, secured, session=<i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Loading modules from directory: /usr/lib64/dovecot
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib01_acl_plugin.so
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib02_imap_acl_plugin.so
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib10_quota_plugin.so
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Module loaded: /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib11_imap_quota_plugin.so
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Effective uid=5000, gid=5000, home=/var/mail/vhosts/example.com/email1
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: quota: No quota setting - plugin disabled
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=INBOX/, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: maildir++: root=/var/mail/vhosts/example.com/email1/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=/var/mail/vhosts/example.com/email1/Maildir, alt=
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl: acl username = email1@example.com
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl: owner = 1
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl vfile: Global ACLs disabled
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Namespace : type=public, prefix=Public/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=children, subscriptions=yes location=maildir:/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail:LAYOUT=fs
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: fs: root=/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt=
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl: acl username = email1@example.com
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl: owner = 0
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl vfile: Global ACLs disabled
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=no location=fail::LAYOUT=none
Mar 15 01:26:47 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: none: root=, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt=
Mar 15 01:28:37 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Mailbox INBOX: Mailbox opened because: SELECT
Mar 15 01:28:37 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl vfile: file /var/mail/vhosts/example.com/email1/Maildir/dovecot-acl not found
Mar 15 01:29:28 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Mailbox Public/Archive: Mailbox opened because: SELECT
Mar 15 01:29:28 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl vfile: no access to file /run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail/Archive/dovecot-acl
Mar 15 01:29:28 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Error: open(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail/dovecot-acl-list) failed: Permission denied
Mar 15 01:29:28 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Error: stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail) failed: Permission denied (euid=5000(vmail) egid=5000(vmail) missing +w perm: /run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail) failed: Permission denied, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0775)
Mar 15 01:29:28 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Namespace Public/: Using permissions from /run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail: mode=0700 gid=default
Mar 15 01:29:28 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Error: stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail/.temp.e480machine.5167.a6506e27bd37a68a) failed: Permission denied
Mar 15 01:29:35 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: Mailbox INBOX/Public/Archive: Mailbox opened because: SELECT
Mar 15 01:29:35 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl vfile: file /var/mail/vhosts/example.com/email1/Maildir/.Public.Archive/dovecot-acl not found
Mar 15 01:30:14 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Debug: acl vfile: file /var/mail/vhosts/example.com/email1/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot-acl not found
Mar 15 01:30:14 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Error: mkdir(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail) failed: Permission denied (euid=5000(vmail) egid=5000(vmail) missing +w perm: /run/media/computer, we're not in group 0(root), dir owned by 0:0 mode=0775)
Mar 15 02:00:14 machine dovecot[2100]: imap(email1@example.com)<5167><i8fdSBuE8uMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>: Disconnected for inactivity in=155 out=1494 deleted=0 expunged=0 trashed=0 hdr_count=0 hdr_bytes=0 body_count=0 body_bytes=0

dovecot -n Output :

# 2.3.3 (dcead646b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 4.20.14-200.fc29.x86_64 x86_64 Fedora release 29 (Twenty Nine)
# Hostname: machine
auth_mechanisms = plain login
mail_debug = yes
mail_gid = vmail
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
mail_plugins = acl quota
mail_privileged_group = mail
mail_uid = vmail
mbox_write_locks = fcntl
namespace {
  list = children
  location = maildir:/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/fastmail:LAYOUT=fs
  prefix = Public/
  separator = /
  subscriptions = yes
  type = public
}
namespace inbox {
  inbox = yes
  list = yes
  location =
  mailbox Drafts {
    special_use = \Drafts
  }
  mailbox Junk {
    special_use = \Junk
  }
  mailbox Sent {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
    special_use = \Sent
  }
  mailbox Trash {
    special_use = \Trash
  }
  prefix = INBOX/
  separator = /
}
passdb {
  driver = pam
}
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext
  driver = sql
}
plugin {
  acl = vfile
  acl_shared_dict = file:/var/mail/vhosts/example.com/Sharedbox
}
postmaster_address = postmaster at example.com
protocols = imap pop3
service auth-worker {
  user = vmail
}
service auth {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0666
    user = postfix
  }
  unix_listener auth-userdb {
    mode = 0600
    user = vmail
  }
  user = dovecot
}
service imap-login {
  inet_listener imap {
    port = 143
  }
  inet_listener imaps {
    port = 993
    ssl = yes
  }
}
service lmtp {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0600
    user = postfix
  }
}
service pop3-login {
  inet_listener pop3 {
    port = 0
  }
  inet_listener pop3s {
    port = 995
    ssl = yes
  }
}
ssl = required
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_cipher_list = PROFILE=SYSTEM
ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it
userdb {
  driver = passwd
}
userdb {
  args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/mail/vhosts/%d/%n
  driver = static
}
protocol lmtp {
  mail_plugins = quota acl sieve quota
}
protocol lda {
  mail_plugins = quota acl sieve
}
protocol imap {
  mail_plugins = acl quota imap_acl quota acl imap_quota
}