Hello List,

I have created a shared folder in dovecot and am trying to use ACL's to limit access to it and give users who do have access the ability to create sub-directories and copy email to them. When I try to create a sub-directory in the share using Outlook I get the following error: "Cannot create the folder. The server responded: 'NOPERM] Permission denied'." And, I get the following info in the dovecot server log:

2011-03-01 15:38:30.250214500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: Loading modules from directory: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250399500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib01_acl_plugin.so 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250402500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: Module loaded: /usr/local/lib/dovecot/imap/lib02_imap_acl_plugin.so 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250404500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: Effective uid=89, gid=89, home=/home/vpopmail/domains/whitehorsetc.com/test 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250407500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl: No acl_shared_dict setting - shared mailbox listing is disabled 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250422500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: Namespace: type=private, prefix=INBOX., sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250425500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: maildir: data=~/Maildir 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250427500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: maildir++: root=/home/vpopmail/domains/whitehorsetc.com/test/Maildir, index=, control=, inbox=/home/vpopmail/domains/whitehorsetc.com/test/Maildir 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250441500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250443500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl: acl username = test@whitehorsetc.com 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250445500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl: owner = 1 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250447500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl vfile: Global ACL directory: (null) 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250515500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: Namespace: type=shared, prefix=projects., sep=., inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250518500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: maildir: data=/home/vpopmail/domains/whitehorsetc.com/projects 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250520500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: maildir++: root=/home/vpopmail/domains/whitehorsetc.com/projects, index=, control=, inbox= 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250534500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl: initializing backend with data: vfile 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250536500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl: acl username = test@whitehorsetc.com 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250538500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl: owner = 0 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250540500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl vfile: Global ACL directory: (null) 2011-03-01 15:38:30.250754500 imap-login: Info: Login: user=test@whitehorsetc.com, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.9.5, lip=192.168.9.6 2011-03-01 15:38:30.254448500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: acl vfile: file /home/vpopmail/domains/whitehorsetc.com/projects/.xxxxxx/dovecot-acl not found 2011-03-01 15:39:10.998483500 IMAP(test@whitehorsetc.com): Info: Disconnected: Logged out bytes=76/431

The second to the last line in the log indicates that there is no 'dovecot-acl' file in the directory I'm trying to create using Outlook. I'm not sure if this is the error and I'm not sure what I need to adjust in order to create a directory using the email account.

My dovecot.conf file is as follows:

base_dir = /var/run/dovecot/ protocols = imap imaps disable_plaintext_auth = no log_path = /dev/stderr info_log_path = /dev/stderr log_timestamp = "" ssl_cert_file = /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_key_file = /var/qmail/control/servercert.pem ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW verbose_ssl = yes login_dir = /usr/local/var/run/dovecot/login login_user = dovecot login_process_per_connection = yes login_processes_count = 3 login_max_processes_count = 128 login_greeting = Dovecot ready. login_log_format_elements = user=<%umethod=%m rip=%r lip=%l %c mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir namespace private { separator = . prefix = INBOX. inbox = yes } namespace shared { separator = . prefix = projects. location = maildir:/home/vpopmail/domains/mydomain.com/shared/projects } mail_debug = yes verbose_proctitle = yes first_valid_uid = 89 last_valid_uid = 89 protocol imap { mail_plugins = acl imap_acl } protocol pop3 { } protocol lda { postmaster_address = postmaster@whitehorsetc.com } auth default { mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 passdb vpopmail { args = } userdb passwd { } userdb vpopmail { } user = vpopmail count = 1 ssl_require_client_cert = no } dict { } plugin { vfile = acl }

In the share directory (/home/vpopmail/domains/whitehorsetc.com.com/shared/projects) I created two files: 'subscriptions' and 'dovecot-acl.' Listing this directory yields the following:

drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 17 08:57 cur -rwxrwxrwx 1 vpopmail vchkpw 39 Mar 1 15:01 dovecot-acl -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 0 Mar 1 15:51 dovecot-acl-list drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Jan 28 14:48 new -rw------- 1 vpopmail vchkpw 1 Mar 1 14:46 subscriptions drwx------ 2 vpopmail vchkpw 4096 Feb 17 08:57 tmp

The file 'dovecot-acl-list' is created automatically when I open Outlook.

In the file 'dovecot-acl' I have the following entry: user=test@whitehorsetc.com lrwstipekxa

I also noticed that the 'projects' folder would not become visible in Outlook until I manually created the 'subscriptions' file, opened it, entered a <CR><LF>, and closed the file.

Without ACL support enabled all works as expected.

Any help would be appreciated.

Eric