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[Dovecot] userdb didn't return a home directory with v1.1.7
by Ivars Strazdiņš 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi all, I am running Dovecot v1.1.7 in a relatively quiet and calm environment. Suddenly overnight cron job has started throwing out errors like: /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail ext /usr/lib/dovecot/expire-tool Error: userdb(user1(a)mail.example) didn't return a home directory Error: userdb(user2(a)mail.example) didn't return a home directory Indeed, running this command produces: ------------------------- $ sudo /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail ext /usr/lib/dovecot/expire-tool --test Error: userdb(user1(a)mail.example) didn't return a home directory Info: User lookup failed: user1(a)mail.example Error: userdb(user2(a)mail.example) didn't return a home directory Info: User lookup failed: user2(a)mail.example ------------------------- Yet these mailboxes are valid, corresponding users can login, send and receive mail. Other mailboxes are OK, too. Where to to start looking? I found that similar error message with v1.1.6 is fixed in v1.1.7, but I am running v.1.1.7 already. Please see dovecot configuration below. Thank you for your time, Ivars # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27-9-server i686 Ubuntu 8.10 ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ syslog_facility: local1 protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s managesieve ssl_cert_file: /etc/certs/mail.mail.example.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/certs/mail.mail.example.key disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login login_user: postfix login_greeting: VDEAVK epasta serveris. login_processes_count: 2 first_valid_uid: 107 mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): expire fts fts_squat antispam mail_plugins(imap): expire fts fts_squat antispam mail_plugins(pop3): expire mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve managesieve_implementation_string(default): dovecot managesieve_implementation_string(imap): dovecot managesieve_implementation_string(pop3): dovecot managesieve_implementation_string(managesieve): Cyrus timsieved v2.2.13 sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(pop3): sieve_storage(managesieve): /etc/dovecot/sieve/ sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(pop3): sieve(managesieve): /home/vmail/sieve-scripts/%u.sieve auth default: mechanisms: PLAIN LOGIN user: vmail username_format: %n(a)mail.example verbose: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: sieve: /home/vmail/sieve-scripts/%u.sieve expire: Trash 30 Trash/* 30 Spam 60 expire_dict: proxy::expire fts: squat antispam_signature: X-DSPAM-Signature antispam_trash: trash;Trash;Deleted Items antispam_spam: Spam antispam_dspam_binary: /usr/bin/dspam antispam_dspam_args: --deliver=;--user;%u;-s antispam_mail_tmpdir: /tmp antispam_mail_sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail antispam_mail_spam: spam-%u(a)mail.example antispam_mail_notspam: notspam-%u(a)mail.example antispam_crm_binary: /bin/false dict: expire: mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf root@mail:~# cat /etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf connect = host=127.0.0.1 dbname=postfix user=postfix password=removed table = expire select_field = timestamp where_field = path username_field = username root@mail:~# # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27-9-server i686 Ubuntu 8.10 ext3 base_dir: /var/run/dovecot/ syslog_facility: local1 protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s managesieve ssl_cert_file: /etc/certs/mail.mail.example.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/certs/mail.mail.example.key disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot//login login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login login_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve-login login_user: postfix login_greeting: VDEAVK epasta serveris. login_processes_count: 2 first_valid_uid: 107 mail_location: maildir:/home/vmail/%d/%n mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 mail_executable(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/managesieve mail_plugins(default): expire fts fts_squat antispam mail_plugins(imap): expire fts fts_squat antispam mail_plugins(pop3): expire mail_plugins(managesieve): mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3 mail_plugin_dir(managesieve): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/managesieve managesieve_implementation_string(default): dovecot managesieve_implementation_string(imap): dovecot managesieve_implementation_string(pop3): dovecot managesieve_implementation_string(managesieve): Cyrus timsieved v2.2.13 sieve_storage(default): sieve_storage(imap): sieve_storage(pop3): sieve_storage(managesieve): /etc/dovecot/sieve/ sieve(default): sieve(imap): sieve(pop3): sieve(managesieve): /home/vmail/sieve-scripts/%u.sieve auth default: mechanisms: PLAIN LOGIN user: vmail username_format: %n(a)mail.example verbose: yes passdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf userdb: driver: sql args: /etc/dovecot/dovecot-mysql.conf socket: type: listen client: path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth mode: 432 user: postfix group: postfix master: path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: vmail group: vmail plugin: sieve: /home/vmail/sieve-scripts/%u.sieve expire: Trash 30 Trash/* 30 Spam 60 expire_dict: proxy::expire fts: squat antispam_signature: X-DSPAM-Signature antispam_trash: trash;Trash;Deleted Items antispam_spam: Spam antispam_dspam_binary: /usr/bin/dspam antispam_dspam_args: --deliver=;--user;%u;-s antispam_mail_tmpdir: /tmp antispam_mail_sendmail: /usr/sbin/sendmail antispam_mail_spam: spam-%u(a)mail.example antispam_mail_notspam: notspam-%u(a)mail.example antispam_crm_binary: /bin/false dict: expire: mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-expire.conf

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[Dovecot] troubles with 1.1.8 and squirrelmail over HTTPS
by Frank Bonnet 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hello I noticed a problem after upgrading to 1.1.8 Users that access to their mailboxes using webmail squirrelmail and HTTPS using HTTP seems to work correctly but it not safe enough ... There is an error message saying the imap server send a BYE command ... I downgraded our Dovecot server to 1.1.7 then it works again ... Does somebody has the same problem ? -- Cordialement Frank Bonnet ESIEE Paris

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[Dovecot] Shared Mailboxes (symlink) and kmail: known issues?
by Wilhelm Meier 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi, are there any known issues with symlinked-shared-mailboxes and kmail? I use virtual users (LDAP), so there are no unix-permissions related problems here: all mailboxes are owned by the local user vmail. Each user maildir has some symlinks to shared mailboxes. This works fine if I use squirrelmail as a MUA. kmail instead seems to have some problems: if I save a mail into the shared-folder, the other users are seeing this new mail almost immediately. But if I delete(!) a mail from the shared-folder, the list of the other kmails remains untouch. Refreshing does nothing. I have to close kmail and restart. Is this related to some sort of wrong config of the shared mailboxes or is this a (known) dovecot <-> kmail problem? -- Wilhelm

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[Dovecot] maildirfolder is created world-writeable
by Robert S 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

If I create a new folder using a mail client (eg. kmail/OE), the maildirfolder file is created world-writable. I assume that this is a security risk and should be -rw-------. eg. - create folder "Foo" in mail client ~ $ ls -la .maildir/.Foo/ total 20 drwx------ 5 robert users 4096 2009-01-21 19:56 . drwx------ 43 robert users 4096 2009-01-21 19:56 .. drwx------ 2 robert users 4096 2009-01-21 19:56 cur -rw-rw-rw- 1 robert users 0 2009-01-21 19:56 maildirfolder drwx------ 2 robert users 4096 2009-01-21 19:56 new drwx------ 2 robert users 4096 2009-01-21 19:56 tmp Some info: # dovecot --version 1.1.7 # dovecot -n # 1.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.27-gentoo-r7 x86_64 Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot/server.pem ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/dovecot/server.key disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login mail_location: maildir:~/.maildir mail_plugins: deleted_to_trash namespace: type: public separator: / prefix: Public/ location: maildir:/var/local/mail/public/ list: yes namespace: type: private separator: / inbox: yes list: yes subscriptions: yes auth default: passdb: driver: pam args: * userdb: driver: passwd I can't find this is the bugs area.

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[Dovecot] Bug or other issue? Jan 22 00:02:09 argon postfix/pipe[21251]: E8126A3671: to=<mbj@seonic.net>, orig_to=<root>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.38, delays=0.03/0/0/0.35, dsn=5.3.0, status=bounced (Command died with signal 6: "/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver")
by Markus Schirp 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi, I found the following in my logfiles: The failure is not reproducable at the moment. System is delivering mails to mailboxes with no problems at all. It is a production installation with medium load. dovecot --version: 1.1.7 OS: Linux (Gentoo/x86 stable) - grsec enabled kernel deliver.log: deliver(user(a)example.tld): Panic: file istream-tee.c: line 144 (i_stream_tee_read): assertion failed: (ret > 0) deliver(user(a)example.tld): Error: Raw backtrace: /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x80c8032] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver(default_fatal_handler+0x3a) [0x80c812a] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x80c796c] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x80cf5f8] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver(i_stream_read+0x2d) [0x80cc5dd] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver(i_stream_read_data+0x1d) [0x80cc6ed] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x80d52cb] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver(o_stream_send_istream+0x35) [0x80d45b5] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_save_continue+0x32) [0x806fbb2] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver(mail_storage_copy+0xd2) [0x8096512] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver(maildir_copy+0x5b) [0x806c51b] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver(deliver_save+0x17d) [0x805cbfd] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver(main+0x161b) [0x805e41b] -> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc) [0x559a7fdc] -> /usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver [0x805bb41] mta.log (postfix with dovecot/deliver pipe transport): Jan 22 00:02:09 argon postfix/pipe[21251]: E8126A3671: to=<user(a)example.tld>, orig_to=<localalias>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.38, delays=0.03/0/0/0.35, dsn=5.3.0, status=bounced (Command died with signal 6: "/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver") Neither the grsec.log nor dmesg said anything special. The box had filesystem issues a month ago. I sucessufly fscked it. Do you think its a hidden fs problem or a dovecot issue? Here in Germay the time is at 0:30, I'll sleep some hours until I can respond to "need more information request (conf-file, or so)" Thx in advance! Markus Schirp

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[Dovecot] Dict quota negative values in MySql table?
by michael＠lattari.pl 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi! I have a question about the dictionary quota :storage and :messages values in MySql quota table. How to interpret the following values? Why some values are negative? Are the values relative to something? I would like to write a simple php application to check the user quota but I don't know how to interpret this: mysql> select * from quota; +------------------------+----------------+-------------+ | username | path | current | +------------------------+----------------+-------------+ | mlattari | quota/storage | -6976 | | mlattari | quota/messages | -3 | | llattari | quota/storage | -2147483648 | | llattari | quota/messages | -874 | | mlattari_archivum_imap | quota/storage | 282475 | | mlattari_archivum_imap | quota/messages | 5 | +------------------------+----------------+-------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) pls help :-) dovecot -n # 1.1.8: /etc/dovecot/etc/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.22.14-72.fc6 x86_64 Fedora Core release 6 (Zod) ext3 base_dir: /etc/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/ log_path: /etc/dovecot/var/log/dovecot_log info_log_path: /etc/dovecot/var/log/dovecot_log protocols: imaps ssl_cert_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/server.crt ssl_key_file: /etc/pki/dovecot/server.key ssl_cipher_list: ALL:!ADH!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:+HIGH:+MEDIUM verbose_ssl: yes login_dir: /etc/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /etc/dovecot/libexec/dovecot/imap-login login_user: dovecot_login mail_privileged_group: mail mail_uid: 507 mail_gid: 507 mail_location: mbox:/home/%u/mail:INBOX=/home/spool/mail/%u mail_plugins: expire quota imap_quota trash auth default: mechanisms: plain login debug: yes passdb: driver: passwd-file args: /etc/dovecot/etc/passwd.dovecot socket: type: listen master: path: /etc/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/auth-master mode: 384 user: mail plugin: quota: dict:user::proxy::quotadict quota_rule: *:storage=5G:messages=2000 quota_rule2: Trash:storage=1G:messages=1000 trash: /etc/dovecot/etc/dovecot-trash.conf expire: Trash 7 Spam 7 INBOX 180 Sent 180 auth_socket_path: /etc/dovecot/var/run/dovecot/auth-master expire_dict: proxy::expire dict: quotadict: mysql:/etc/dovecot/etc/dovecot-dict-quota.conf expire: mysql:/etc/dovecot/etc/dovecot-dict-expire.conf Best regards michael

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[Dovecot] Shared mailboxes support status
by Thomas Hummel 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hello Timo, I'm running dovecot-1.1.8 and I'm about to play with namespaces and shared mailboxes. I've read on the list that the Kolab people did contribute to that, and I read at http://dovecot.org/doc/NEWS-1.2 "+ Full support for shared mailboxes and IMAP ACL extension." I'd like to know the differences between shared mailboxes support between 1.1. and 1.2 branches and if it may be considered "safe" to use shared mailboxes on a production server running 1.1.8+ dovecot version (i.e. is it working and how, compared to the upcoming 1.2 release). I guess part of the answer is in the diffences between shared and public namespaces handling. Thanks -- Thomas Hummel | Institut Pasteur <hummel(a)pasteur.fr> | Pôle informatique - systèmes et réseau

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[Dovecot] get maildir current quota usage from external program
by Allison Vollmann 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hello, i want to get the maildir current quota usage of an user, but i'd know what is the better way to do. in imap clients my quota usage, in example, show: 505KB, but if i sum only the size of each message from Maildir, i get total: 440KB, trying to use real and apparent block size but the sum differs from value showed in imap client. is quota usage based on why, have another way to do this? thanks

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[Dovecot] help on writing a rule for perventing spam
by Sophia Alikhani 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

Hi I used qmail + dovecot-1.1.7 + dovecot-sieve + .... now everything works well but there are many spam in Bulk folders from every user address to their address for example from user1@mydomain to user1@mydomain in the real the sender and reciever are the same . they are spam but since everyday , everyvirtual user has many of these spams in their Bulk i need a rule in dovecot.sieve to prevent them Can anybody help me for writing this rule. -- with regards Sophia Alikhani WorkPhone: +98-21-8497057 Mobile : +98-912-3361036

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[Dovecot] Postfix and Dovecot
by Leonardo Coelho 25 Jan '09

25 Jan '09

Hi Everybody, I'm mount two failover servers which use Postfix and Dovecot but the hostname of the machines r diferent: first node # uname -n # mail secound node #uname -n #mail2 So far so good, the real problem is that the e-mail file name on server is like this: 1232449377.P31789Q0M963611.mail2 and when I using the server called mail the file stay like this: 1232449377.P31789Q0M963611.mail I'm using drbd disk for the mailboxes and when I'm using the server called mail the files with mail2 on the end is not read for the dovecot when the user turn on the mail client but if I change the end from mail2 to mail that's ok the dovecot can read. How can I make dovecot read both files or any name on the end? Thanks -- "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi Linux User #373408 cabelohw.blogspot.com GPGkey ID 8AEEAAEB -->> http://pgp.mit.edu

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