Re: [Dovecot] question about /var/mail/xxx

19 Jun 2015


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On Fri, 19 Jun 2015, Mickael Choisnard wrote:
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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 08:29:08 +0200
From: Mickael Choisnard mickael.choisnard@free.fr
To: dovecot@dovecot.org
Subject: [Dovecot] question about /var/mail/xxx
Hi,
I need your help to use dovecot with sendmail
I use a fresh debian 8 jessie and i installed sendmail and dovecot 2.
Sendmail works fine.
All mails go to /var/mail/xxx
this is problem for dovecot. dovecot cannot get it.
# 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian 8.1
auth_mechanisms = plain login
auth_verbose = yes
auth_verbose_passwords = yes
disable_plaintext_auth = no
first_valid_uid = 116
last_valid_uid = 116
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
mail_home = /srv/mail/%u
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
mail_privileged_group = mail
namespace inbox {
inbox = 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 =
}
passdb {
args = scheme=SHA-CRYPT /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
postmaster_address = root@arpagon
protocols = " imap pop3"
service auth {
unix_listener auth-userdb {
group = vmail
user = vmail
}
}
ssl = no
userdb {
args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/srv/vmail/%d/%n
driver = static
}
cat /var/log/dovecot.log
Jun 19 08:14:18 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mc110771>, method=PLAIN,
rip=10.11.12.30, lip=88.179.182.93, mpid=18799, session=
Jun 19 08:14:18 imap(mc110771): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=8 out=395
Jun 19 08:14:26 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mc110771>, method=PLAIN,
rip=10.11.12.30, lip=88.179.182.93, mpid=18801, session=
Jun 19 08:14:26 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<mc110771>, method=PLAIN,
rip=10.11.12.30, lip=88.179.182.93, mpid=18803, session=
Jun 19 08:14:26 imap(mc120771): Error: open() failed with mbox file  /var/mail/mc120771: Permission denied
what permissions have these files?
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Jun 19 08:14:57 imap(mc120771): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=137 out=640
Jun 19 08:14:57 imap(mc120771): Info: Disconnected: Logged out in=74 out=547
Jun 19 08:18:47 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 secs):
user=<>, rip=10.11.12.45, lip=88.179.182.93, session=
Jun 19 08:18:47 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 secs):
user=<>, rip=10.11.12.45, lip=88.179.182.93, session=<2gOX5dgYigAKCwwt>
Jun 19 08:18:47 imap-login: Info: Disconnected (no auth attempts in 0 secs):
user=<>, rip=10.11.12.45, lip=88.179.182.93, session=<ojeY5dgYjQAKCwwt>

Steffen Kaiser
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