[Dovecot] Dovecot - Permission denied error!

kbajwa kbajwa at tibonline.net
Fri Jul 11 15:40:38 EEST 2008


Hello:

CentOS 5.2
Postfix 2.3.3 + updates (bundled with CentOS 5.2)
Dovecot-1.0.7 (bundled with CentOS 5.2)
Dovecot-1.1.1 (Updated from www.atrpms.com)
Dovecot-sieve-1.1.5 (Updated from www.atrpms.com)



During the last few days I have installed dovecot many times without errors.
Today I installed dovecot-1.1.1 & sent a test message to 'test at tib.com'. I
received the following message back:

------------------

This is the mail system at host mail.tib.com.

I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.

For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster>

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own
text from the attached returned message.

                   The mail system

<test at tib.com>: local configuration error. Command output: Fatal:
    open(/etc/dovecot.conf) failed: Permission denied

Here is dovecot.conf file:
==========================

Jul 11 05:24:50 www dovecot: Dovecot v1.1.1 starting up 
Jul 11 05:24:52 www postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system

Jul 11 05:24:52 www postfix/master[4767]: daemon started -- version 2.3.3,
configuration /etc/postfix 
Jul 11 05:25:12 www postfix/smtpd[5081]: connect from unknown[59.93.166.101]

Jul 11 05:25:16 www postfix/smtpd[5081]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from
unknown[59.93.166.101]: 550 5.1.1 <kdkapp at tib.com>: Recipient address
rejected: User unknown in local recipient table;
from=<byung-ho at mailexcite.com> to=<kdkapp at tib.com> proto=ESMTP
helo=<59.93.166.101> 
Jul 11 05:25:18 www postfix/smtpd[5081]: lost connection after DATA from
unknown[59.93.166.101] 
Jul 11 05:25:18 www postfix/smtpd[5081]: disconnect from
unknown[59.93.166.101] 
 
Jul 11 05:28:09 www postfix/smtpd[5452]: connect from
mail.highcountryonline.net[12.179.81.11] 
Jul 11 05:28:09 www postfix/smtpd[5452]: B7EBD1E48069:
client=mail.highcountryonline.net[12.179.81.11] 
Jul 11 05:28:10 www postfix/cleanup[5457]: B7EBD1E48069:
message-id=<B2D87B9F772F48BE9FAFD1B29F15AEF0 at Sunshine> 
Jul 11 05:28:10 www postfix/qmgr[4779]: B7EBD1E48069:
from=<kbajwa at tibonline.net>, size=816, nrcpt=1 (queue active) 
Jul 11 05:28:10 www postfix/smtpd[5452]: disconnect from
mail.highcountryonline.net[12.179.81.11] 
Jul 11 05:28:10 www postfix/local[5458]: B7EBD1E48069: to=<test at tib.com>,
relay=local, delay=0.9, delays=0.69/0.06/0/0.16, dsn=5.3.5, status=bounced
(local configuration error. Command output: Fatal: open(/etc/dovecot.conf)
failed: Permission denied ) 
Jul 11 05:28:10 www postfix/cleanup[5457]: 6D7BF1E4806C:
message-id=<20080711112810.6D7BF1E4806C at mail.tib.com> 
Jul 11 05:28:10 www postfix/qmgr[4779]: 6D7BF1E4806C: from=<>, size=2623,
nrcpt=1 (queue active) 
Jul 11 05:28:10 www postfix/bounce[5461]: B7EBD1E48069: sender non-delivery
notification: 6D7BF1E4806C 
Jul 11 05:28:10 www postfix/qmgr[4779]: B7EBD1E48069: removed 
Jul 11 05:28:11 www postfix/smtp[5462]: 6D7BF1E4806C:
to=<kbajwa at tibonline.net>, relay=mail.tibonline.net[12.179.81.11]:25,
delay=1.3, delays=0.01/0.06/0.62/0.63, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 OK) 
Jul 11 05:28:11 www postfix/qmgr[4779]: 6D7BF1E4806C: removed

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I believe that dovecot-1.1.1 may be causing it. I did not have this problem
when I was testing dovecot-1.0.7.

Google show 'Permission denied' error problem going back to several years.
One suggestion on Google was to 'disable' SElinux, which I did without
success.


Any ideas why this error is happening?

Kirti




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