[Dovecot] Fatal: Running as root isn't permitted

[Juan Asensio Sánchez]

Well

I solved it. Altough "mail_uid = mailuser" is defined in dovecot.conf,
i must also return an "uid" from the ldap query. Changing:

user_attrs = =home=/var/vmail/%d/%n,mailuserquota=quota=maildir:storage,=mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir

To:

user_attrs = =home=/var/vmail/%d/%n,=uid=mailuser,mailuserquota=quota=maildir:storage,=mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir
u

solved the problem. Hope this could be helpful for someone.

2008/5/2 Juan Asensio Sánchez <okelet at gmail.com>:
> Hi
>
>  I am running Dovecot 1.1RC4, built from the source packages at the
>  debian repositories (http://xi.rename-it.nl/debian/). When a message
>  is delivered through the LDA, i get this error:
>
>  deliver(******@*****): May 02 14:43:28 Fatal: Running as root isn't permitted
>
>  These are my config files:
>
>  master.cf:
>
>  =======================================
>  # Dovecot
>  dovecot unix - n n - - pipe
>    flags=DRhu user=dovecot:mail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d $recipient
>  =======================================
>
>  dovecot.conf
>
>  =======================================
>  protocols = imap pop3
>  listen = 0.0.0.0
>  login_greeting = Servidor de correo para preparado.
>  disable_plaintext_auth = no
>  log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
>  info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot-info.log
>  mail_uid = mailuser
>  mail_gid = mailgroup
>
>  # IMAP configuration
>  protocol imap {
>     mail_plugins = quota imap_quota
>  }
>
>  # POP3 configuration
>  protocol pop3 {
>     pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
>     mail_plugins = quota
>  }
>
>  # LDA configuration
>  protocol lda {
>     log_path = /var/log/dovecot-lda.log
>     postmaster_address = postmaster
>     auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>     mail_plugins = quota cmusieve
>     global_script_path = /home/vmail/globalsievesrc
>  }
>
>
>  # LDAP authentication
>
>  auth default {
>
>     mechanisms = plain login
>
>     passdb ldap {
>         args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
>     }
>
>     userdb ldap {
>         args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
>     }
>     socket listen {
>         master {
>             path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>             mode = 0660
>             user = dovecot
>             group = mail
>         }
>
>         client {
>             path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
>             mode = 0660
>             user = postfix
>             group = postfix
>         }
>     }
>  }
>  =======================================
>
>  dovecot-ldap.conf
>
>  =======================================
>  hosts = 127.0.0.1
>  auth_bind = yes
>  ldap_version = 3
>  base = dc=*******,dc=local
>  scope = subtree
>  user_attrs = =home=/var/vmail/%d/%n,mailuserquota=quota=maildir:storage,=mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n/Maildir
>  user_filter = (&(objectClass=mailAccount)(mail=%u)(mailenable=OK))
>  pass_attrs = mail=user,userPassword=password
>  pass_filter = (&(objectClass=mailAccount)(mail=%u)(mailenable=OK))
>  default_pass_scheme = CRYPT
>  =======================================
>
>  The folder /var/vmail has these permissions:
>
>  pdc-server:~# ls -la /var/vmail/
>  total 16
>  drwxrwx---  3 mailuser mailgroup 4096 2008-05-02 14:34 .
>  drwxr-xr-x 16 root     root      4096 2008-05-02 14:14 ..
>
>  Any idea? Thanks in advance.
>