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On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, Phil wrote:
Im new to postfix-dovecot
and Unix/Linux, too?
and im mystified by the following results in ubuntu10.04lts
:~$ dovecot -n # 1.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf Error: ssl_key_file: Can't use /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key: Permission denied Fatal: Invalid configuration in /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
~$ sudo ls -dl /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 38 2013-11-27 08:35 /etc/ssl/private/ssl-mail.key -> /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
You show us the symbolic link, which has all Unix permissions usually. The interessting file is the final target, e.g. /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key if that is no symlink as well, and the permissions of all directories to it.
For instance, Debian uses the perms for the private dir:
drwx--x--- 2 root ssl-cert 4096 Jul 4 2012 /etc/ssl/private/
I think it looks the same on your Ubuntu machine. So add the Dovecot user to group ssl-cert to let it enter the directory at all. The Snakeoil key is usually group-readable for ssl-cert, too. So no change of permissions necessary there as well.
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