5 Jan
2026
5 Jan
'26
8:25 a.m.
On 05/01/2026 04:57 EET Jyrki Partanen via dovecot
<[1]dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote:
I am trying to move from one VPS to another and strange (for me) file
system errors arose.
On the new VPS the IMAP client can see the Inbox, but not any other
mailboxes. I get these
errors in the log:
Jan 5 04:49:14 partanen dovecot[144921]:
imap(jyrki)<145495><65K/GptHn8tVnMi0>: Error:
open(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/dovecot.list.index.log) failed: Permission
denied (euid=1000(jyrki) egid=1000(jyrki) missing +r perm:
/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/dovecot.list.index.log
stat(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/dovecot.list.index.log) failed: Permission
denied)
Jan 5 04:49:14 partanen dovecot[144921]:
imap(jyrki)<145495><65K/GptHn8tVnMi0>: Error: Mailbox INBOX:
open(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission
denied (euid=1000(jyrki) egid=1000(jyrki) missing +r perm:
/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log
stat(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission
denied)
Jan 5 04:49:14 partanen dovecot[144921]:
imap(jyrki)<145495><65K/GptHn8tVnMi0>: Error: Couldn't create mailbox
list
lock /home/jyrki/mail/.imap/mailboxes.lock:
file_create_locked(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/mailboxes.lock) failed:
safe_mkstemp(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/mailboxes.lock) failed: Permission
denied
Jan 5 04:49:14 partanen dovecot[144921]:
imap(jyrki)<145499><nxbBGptHoMtVnMi0>: Error: Mailbox INBOX:
open(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission
denied (euid=1000(jyrki) egid=1000(jyrki) missing +r perm:
/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log
stat(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission
denied)
...etc...
The thing is that the permissions should be OK, the files are not
"missing
+r perm".
Any idea how to fix this? Thanks!
I am trying to move from one VPS to another and strange (for me) file
system errors arose.
On the new VPS the IMAP client can see the Inbox, but not any other
mailboxes. I get these
errors in the log:
Jan 5 04:49:14 partanen dovecot[144921]:
imap(jyrki)<145495><65K/GptHn8tVnMi0>: Error:
open(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/dovecot.list.index.log) failed: Permission
denied (euid=1000(jyrki) egid=1000(jyrki) missing +r perm:
/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/dovecot.list.index.log
stat(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/dovecot.list.index.log) failed: Permission
denied)
Jan 5 04:49:14 partanen dovecot[144921]:
imap(jyrki)<145495><65K/GptHn8tVnMi0>: Error: Mailbox INBOX:
open(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission
denied (euid=1000(jyrki) egid=1000(jyrki) missing +r perm:
/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log
stat(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission
denied)
Jan 5 04:49:14 partanen dovecot[144921]:
imap(jyrki)<145495><65K/GptHn8tVnMi0>: Error: Couldn't create mailbox
list
lock /home/jyrki/mail/.imap/mailboxes.lock:
file_create_locked(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/mailboxes.lock) failed:
safe_mkstemp(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/mailboxes.lock) failed: Permission
denied
Jan 5 04:49:14 partanen dovecot[144921]:
imap(jyrki)<145499><nxbBGptHoMtVnMi0>: Error: Mailbox INBOX:
open(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission
denied (euid=1000(jyrki) egid=1000(jyrki) missing +r perm:
/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log
stat(/home/jyrki/mail/.imap/INBOX/dovecot.index.log) failed: Permission
denied)
...etc...
The thing is that the permissions should be OK, the files are not
"missing
+r perm".
Any idea how to fix this? Thanks!
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