* On 02/10/06 10:17 -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote: | FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p8 | postfix-current-2.4.20060903,3 | dovecot-1.0.r7 | | I am experiencing a problem with dovecot as an LDA. It will not deliver | mail unless the mail directory is chmod'd to 1777. Below is an example | of the log file output. | | The dovecot.log file had over a hundred entries similar to this: | | deliver(gerard): Error: | open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1123.cd38cd4d82e1368f) failed: | Permission denied | deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox | file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied | | Obviously the /var/log/maillog had similar fail warnings. | | By changing the permission to 1777 on the /var/mail directory and | running postsuper -r ALL, I was able to get the mail delivered. | | What I am trying to determine is if I really should have those settings | on the directory, or if I have something configured wrong in either | postfix or dovecot. Postfix will deliver mail without any problem so I | think it has to do with dovecot although I am not sure what. Not answering you about dovecot LDA, but about delivery to mboxes file in /var/mail/$user. Long time ago when I used mbox files (same OS (not version), same path), /var/mail always had to be mode 1777 to set the sticky bit. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html DISCLAIMER: See http://www.wananchi.com/bms/terms.php -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ Today's scientific question is: What in the world is electricity? And where does it go after it leaves the toaster? -- Dave Barry, "What is Electricity?"