[Dovecot] auth-master permission error

greno at verizon.net greno at verizon.net
Sun Dec 30 18:19:04 EET 2007


Ok, this turned out to be SELinux.

If I turn off SELinux then I can start Dovecot using init.d.

So now I tried to send a test mail using telnet:

# telnet localhost smtp
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 grp-01-50-90.localdomain ESMTP Postfix
ehlo example.com
250-grp-01-50-90.localdomain
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
mail from:<steve at example.com>
250 2.1.0 Ok
rcpt to:<john at example.com>
250 2.1.5 Ok
data
354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
Hi John,

just wanted to drop you a note.
.
250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 4F1D2D8055A
quit
221 2.0.0 Bye
Connection closed by foreign host.


And the log:
# tail -50 /var/log/maillog
Dec 30 10:45:31 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.7 starting up
Dec 30 10:45:31 grp-01-50-90 dovecot: auth-worker(default): mysql: Connected to 127.0.0.1 (mailserver)
Dec 30 11:03:02 grp-01-50-90 postfix/smtpd[6942]: connect from localdomain.localhost[127.0.0.1]
Dec 30 11:04:21 grp-01-50-90 postfix/smtpd[6942]: 4F1D2D8055A: client=localdomain.localhost[127.0.0.1]
Dec 30 11:05:06 grp-01-50-90 postfix/cleanup[6967]: 4F1D2D8055A: message-id=<20071230160421.4F1D2D8055A at grp-01-50-90.localdomain>
Dec 30 11:05:06 grp-01-50-90 postfix/qmgr[2123]: 4F1D2D8055A: from=<steve at example.com>, size=408, nrcpt=2 (queue active)
Dec 30 11:05:06 grp-01-50-90 pipe[6982]: fatal: pipe_command: execvp /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver: No such file or directory
Dec 30 11:05:06 grp-01-50-90 postfix/pipe[6980]: 4F1D2D8055A: to=<john at example.com>, relay=dovecot, delay=67, delays=67/0.19/0/0.1, dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: pipe: fatal: pipe_command: execvp /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver: No such file or directory )
Dec 30 11:05:11 grp-01-50-90 postfix/smtp[6981]: 4F1D2D8055A: to=<jmiller at gmail.com>, orig_to=<john at example.com>, relay=gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com[72.14.203.27]:25, delay=71, delays=67/0.14/0.53/3.7, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1199030710 o33si13384597rog.14)
Dec 30 11:05:20 grp-01-50-90 postfix/smtpd[6942]: disconnect from localdomain.localhost[127.0.0.1]


So I checked and 'deliver' is not in /usr/lib/dovecot.  It is in /usr/libexec/dovecot.  So how do I fix this?  Here is what is in postfix master.cf:
dovecot   unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
    flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient}

So why is it referencing /usr/lib/dovecot/deliver ????

Thanks,
Gerry



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