Re: [Dovecot] mail_location: mbox: mkdir failed

On Oct 27, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Albert E. Whale wrote:

Is there an automatic solution to this?

Oct 27 08:00:48 192.168.50.5 dovecot: POP3(evelina2): mail_location: mbox: mkdir(/home/popuser_evelina2/mail) failed: Permission denied

You mean /home/popuser_evelina2 doesn't exist and Dovecot doesn't have
write permissions to /home? Choices would be:

a) Create the directory automatically whenever you add new users b) Give Dovecot write permissions to /home c) If you're using PAM, use pam_mkhomedir