Hello,

i want to configure a virtual mailsystem on an debian server with exim and dovecot. Because it is running on a V-Server, i want to store everythink in a LUKS encrypted contrainer. So i created a group crypt with the members Debian-exim (107), dovecot, (other users with encrypted content)

All mails should be stored in /mail in the mounted container. Dovecot has this configuration:

passdb { driver = sql args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf }

userdb { driver = static args = uid=Debian-exim gid=mail home=/mountpoint/mail/%d/%n }

mail_uid = Debian-exim

first_valid_uid = 107 last_valid_uid = 107

first_valid_gid = 8 last_valid_gid = 9

mail_location = maildir:/mountpoint/mail/%d/%n

The /mountpoint has the following rights: drwxrwx--- 5 root crypt 4,0K Dez 13 19:05 mountpoint

The subdirectories are all owned by Debian-exim: drwxrwx--- 4 Debian-exim mail 4,0K Okt 23 17:05 mail

The group mail has id 8 and the group crypt has id 9

The Problem is that dovecot will not go into the directory with group crypt! I always get the following error message:

Dec 15 18:03:25 pop3(karsten@server): Error: user karsten@server: Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: stat(/mountpoint/mail/server/karsten) failed: Permission denied (euid=107(Debian-exim) egid=8(mail) missing +x perm: /mnt, we're not in group 9(crypt), dir owned by 0:9 mode=0770) Dec 15 18:03:25 pop3(karsten@server): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information.

But dovecot is definitely in the group crypt!

What i am doing wrong?

Regards Karsten