Thanks for the pointer!

That didn't work though, but what worked was:

[Service] ReadWriteDirectories=/home/dovecot

What would be the preferred directory for storing all virtual mail without modification to system files?

Thanks! Reio

On 01.02.2018 21:57, Aki Tuomi wrote:

/etc/systemd/system/dovecot.service.d/writable-home.conf

[Service] ProtectHome=false

maybe this helps?

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Aki Tuomi Dovecot oy

-------- Original message -------- From: Reio Remma <reio@mrstuudio.ee> Date: 01/02/2018 21:44 (GMT+02:00) To: dovecot@dovecot.org Subject: Dovecot 2.3 on CentOS 7.

Greetings!

I'm having a bit of trouble trying out Dovecot 2.3 on CentOS 7.

Dovecot 2.2.33 works fine on the same system (same config as well, minus the SSL changes) but after upgrading to 2.3 I'm getting the following errors:

Feb  1 21:30:18 localhost dovecot: imap(reio@bwo.mrstuudio.ee)<3566><FoOsnStkXt4KAAgC>: Debug: INBOX.Templates: Mailbox opened because: STATUS Feb  1 21:30:18 localhost dovecot: Error: imap(reio@bwo.mrstuudio.ee)<3566><FoOsnStkXt4KAAgC>: open() failed with file /home/dovecot/bwo.mrstuudio.ee/reio/Maildir/.Templates/dovecot.index.log: Read-only file system Feb  1 21:30:18 localhost dovecot: imap(reio@bwo.mrstuudio.ee)<3566><FoOsnStkXt4KAAgC>: Error: open(/home/dovecot/bwo.mrstuudio.ee/reio/Maildir/.Templates/dovecot-uidlist.lock)

failed: Read-only file system Feb  1 21:30:18 localhost dovecot: Error: imap(reio@bwo.mrstuudio.ee)<3566><FoOsnStkXt4KAAgC>: Mailbox INBOX.Templates: file_dotlock_create(/home/dovecot/bwo.mrstuudio.ee/reio/Maildir/.Templates/dovecot-uidlist)

failed: Read-only file system Feb  1 21:30:18 localhost dovecot: Error: imap(reio@bwo.mrstuudio.ee)<3566><FoOsnStkXt4KAAgC>: Mailbox INBOX.Templates: open(/home/dovecot/bwo.mrstuudio.ee/reio/Maildir/.Templates/dovecot-uidlist)

failed: Read-only file system

So far I've tried running it with SELinux enforce off and giving the directories 777 permissions to no avail.

Is anyone else running 2.3 on CentOS 7?

Thanks and good luck! Reio

On Fri, February 2, 2018 8:58 am, Reio Remma wrote:

What would be the preferred directory for storing all virtual mail without modification to system files?

on my Centos 7 Dovecit 2.2.32, as well as prior versions, I've always used /var/vmail/vmail1/dom.tld

don't know about 'preferred', but, that works fine for me

-- Voytek