[Dovecot] Corrupted Indexes and File Permissions

[Mark E. Mallett]

> > > Mar 16 01:24:24 mail imap(someuser): open() failed with file
> > > /raid/mail/someuser/cur/1076979223.V416I136863.silverback.example
> > >.com:2,ST: Permission denied
> >
> > I assume you've checked that "someuser" owns that file.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Also check that every directory in the path is accessable to that
> > user in the proper way.  If it's NFS-mounted, the underlying mount
> > point may have to have the correct permissions too (i.e., unmount
> > the volume and have a look).  An easy check is just to su to the
> > "someuser" user and see if you can access the file in question.
> 
> It's a local raid and the permissions are (as far as I can tell) all 
> correct as it works for long periods perfectly, then this error 
> occurs. Sometimes restarting Dovecot fixes it, sometimes it doesn't.

Ah.  Well, I was throwing in a couple of guesses to fill the silence -
the error message does say that it's a problem with the mail file, not
the index, though.

mm