[Dovecot] Shared Folders

[Stephen Carville]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:02 AM, Charles Marcus
<CMarcus at media-brokers.com> wrote:
>> So I do have permission to open the directory but dovecot doesn't
>> agree  (Is this a sign I should just give up on 1.0.7? :-)
>
> Yes... 1.1 is much better, but 1.2 is getting very close and is even
> better still...
>
> Personally, I'd just move on to 1.2...
>

I upgraded to 1.1.7 and still get the same error tho with a lot more log output:

Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: auth(default): client in:
AUTH#0111#011PLAIN#011service=imap#011secured#011lip=10.212.166.21#011rip=10.212.202.63#011lport=993#011rport=57543#011resp=<hidden>
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: auth-worker(default):
pam(stephen,10.212.202.63): lookup service=dovecot
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: auth-worker(default):
pam(stephen,10.212.202.63): #1/1 style=1 msg=Password:
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: auth(default): client out:
OK#0111#011user=stephen
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: auth(default): master in:
REQUEST#0112#01123763#0111
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: auth(default):
passwd-file(stephen,10.212.202.63): lookup: user=stephen
file=/etc/imap.passwd
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: auth(default): master out:
USER#0112#011stephen#011uid=501#011gid=10#011home=/home/stephen
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: imap-login: Login:
user=<stephen>, method=PLAIN, rip=10.212.202.63, lip=10.212.166.21,
TLS
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: IMAP(stephen): Effective
uid=501, gid=10, home=/home/stephen
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: IMAP(stephen): Namespace:
type=private, prefix=, sep=/, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes,
subscriptions=yes
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: IMAP(stephen): maildir: data=~/Maildir
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: IMAP(stephen): maildir++:
root=/home/stephen/Maildir, index=, control=,
inbox=/home/stephen/Maildir
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: IMAP(stephen): Namespace:
type=public, prefix=CS/, sep=/, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes,
subscriptions=no
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: IMAP(stephen): maildir:
data=/var/spool/mail/public/cs/mail:CONTROL=~/Maildir/CS:INDEX=~/Maildir/CS
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: IMAP(stephen): maildir++:
root=/var/spool/mail/public/cs/mail, index=/home/stephen/Maildir/CS,
control=/home/stephen/Maildir/CS, inbox=
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: IMAP(stephen):
opendir(/var/spool/mail/public/cs/mail) failed: Permission denied
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: IMAP(stephen): Connection
closed bytes=42/1069
Mar 11 08:46:49 scacifs02-lnx dovecot: auth(default): new auth
connection: pid=23773


Dovecot still insists I don't have permission to open the directory.

As an ordinary IMAP server Dovecot performs very well.  It is only
public/shared folders that are causing a problem.  Unfortunately that
is exactly what the boss wants now.

-- 
Stephen Carville