Hi
I am having problems with a new server that I'm setting up. For some reason it doesn't want to create the directories for the users. I'm getting a permissions denied error when logging into the server.
Here is the info I could find, the weird thing is that I have two other servers where this configuration is working 100%
# dovecot -n # 1.1.8: /etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 i686 CentOS release 5.2 (Final) ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ listen: * ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/cert.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/key.pem login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login login_greeting: Ready. verbose_proctitle: yes first_valid_uid: 89 first_valid_gid: 89 mail_privileged_group: mail mail_location: maildir:/var/virtual/%d/%n/ mail_debug: yes mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 imap_client_workarounds(default): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(imap): delay-newmail outlook-idle netscape-eoh tb-extra-mailbox-sep imap_client_workarounds(pop3): pop3_client_workarounds(default): pop3_client_workarounds(imap): pop3_client_workarounds(pop3): outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh auth default: mechanisms: plain login verbose: yes debug: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot-sql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix
# grep -v '^ *\(#.*\)\?$' /etc/dovecot-sql.conf driver = mysql connect = host=localhost dbname=postfix user=user password=passwd default_pass_scheme = MD5 password_query = SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' user_query = SELECT 89 AS uid, 89 AS gid, maildir FROM mailbox WHERE username = '%u' AND active = '1'
# telnet localhost 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1). Escape character is '^]'. +OK Ready. user user1@domain.com +OK pass userpass +OK Logged in. -ERR [IN-USE] Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2009-01-16 14:47:16] Connection closed by foreign host.
# tail -F /var/log/maillog
Jan 16 14:46:53 host dovecot: auth(default): new auth connection: pid=15501
Jan 16 14:47:15 host dovecot: auth(default): client in: AUTH 1
PLAIN service=pop3 secured lip=127.0.0.1 rip=127.0.0.1 lport=110
rport=50795 resp=<hidden>
Jan 16 14:47:15 host dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to
localhost (postfix)
Jan 16 14:47:15 host dovecot: auth-worker(default):
sql(user1@domain.com,127.0.0.1): query: SELECT password FROM mailbox WHERE
username = 'user1@domain.com'
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth(default): client out: OK 1
user=user1@domain.com
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth(default): master in: REQUEST 2
15427 1
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth-worker(default):
sql(user1@domain.com,127.0.0.1): SELECT 89 AS uid, 89 AS gid, maildir FROM
mailbox WHERE username = 'user1@domain.com' AND active = '1'
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER 2
user1@domain.com uid=89 gid=89 maildir=domain.com/user1/
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<user1@domain.com>,
method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1@domain.com): Effective uid=89,
gid=89
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1@domain.com): maildir:
data=/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1@domain.com): maildir++:
root=/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/, index=, control=,
inbox=/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1@domain.com):
mkdir(/var/virtual/domain.com/user1/cur) failed: Permission denied
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1@domain.com): Couldn't open INBOX:
Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
[2009-01-16 14:47:16]
Jan 16 14:47:16 host dovecot: POP3(user1@domain.com): Couldn't open INBOX
top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0
# ll /var/ drwxrwx--- 2 postfix postfix 4096 Jan 16 13:14 virtual
# grep 89 /etc/passwd postfix:x:89:89::blablabla:/sbin/nologin
# grep 89 /etc/group postfix:x:89:
Can anyone please shed some light on where my problem lies? I'm at a total loss about this because like I said before, I have two other server and they have no problems.
Thanks Reinhold
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