[Dovecot] Help, problems with permissions

[Amelia A Lewis]

It looks as though cur/new/tmp are owned by user dovecot, rather than
the user whose mail it is.  In my (similar, prolly) setup, maildirs are
owned by their owners.  Dovecot is executed as the user reading the
mail.

Amy!
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:19:09 +0000
Simon Windsor <simon.windsor at cornfield.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I am replacing my current mail system, using Exim/Postgres/WU-IMAP to
> another host using Dovecot.
> 
> Everything has gone well, until I have tried to access some test mails
> via POP.
> 
> The error message I am getting is
> 
> Feb 14 03:03:57 wpc1273 pop3(simonw at orion-w-t.co.uk): lstat
> (/home/dovecot/users/orion-w-t.co.uk/simonw/cur) failed: Permission
> denied
> Feb 14 03:03:57 wpc1273 pop3(simonw at orion-w-t.co.uk): Couldn't open
> INBOX: Internal error occured. Refer to server log for more
> information. [2005-02-14 03:03:57]
> 
> The file permissions are
> 
> 
> drwx------  2 dovecot dovecot 4096 Feb 13 23:24 cur
> drwx------  2 dovecot dovecot 4096 Feb 14 02:53 new
> drwx------  2 dovecot dovecot 4096 Feb 14 02:53 tmp
> 
> The UID/GID I am using is 1001, and the orion-w-t.co.uk/simonw
> directories are owned by that uid/gid.
> 
> Can anyone provide advice on what I have to do to get POP, and
> eventually IMAP working?
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Simon Windsor
> 
> Eml: simon.windsor at cornfield.org.uk
> Tel: 01454 617689
> Mob: 07960 321599
> 


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