Re: [Dovecot] Dsync error: Couldn't drop privileges: getgrnam

Alan McGinlay wrote:

Can't believe I'm the only one with this error, googled it and there is nothing. Sorry to whine but I am getting desperate here!

I googled "safe_mkstemp permission denied" and first hit is this thread

dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-August/052319.html

which mentions this error coming about from chrooting users. Looking back on your post, I see

http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2013-December/093900.html

mail_chroot = /var/vmail

As long as your desperate, maybe try leaving this setting empty? (This doesn't explain why it's not deterministic though.) Try process traces -- I do when I'm stumped.

Joseph Tam <jtam.home@gmail.com>