[Dovecot] Re: pam_mkhomedir and dovecot

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Ben Halicki wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just wondering if anyone has successfully managed to configure pam_mkhomedir
> and dovecot, so that users home directories are automatically created?
> 
> As far as I can tell, the login process runs as a non-root user, which
> results in a permission denied error while trying to create the users home
> directory.  I'm not sure if this error is specific to dovecot or pam though.
> 
> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben Halicki
> Information Technology Officer
> Macquarie Textiles Group Ltd
> Phone: 02 6043 0235
> Fax: 02 60411 321
> E-mail ben.halicki at macquarietextiles.com.au
> 
> 

Ben

I have a setup just as you describe. It is running on Fedora Core 2 
(i386). I would suggest making sure that the parent directory has the 
correct permissions. My root home folders are group-writable, which is 
acceptable since the only services accessing them are limited to the 
mail server.

HTH

Regards

--
Chris Hills
IT Services
North East Worcestershire College