[Dovecot] file_dotlock_create(~/.dovecot.lda-dupes) failed: No such file or directory

[Pascal Volk]

On 11/16/2009 02:10 PM Rene Bakkum wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am having some problems with my vacation messages using dovecot. The 
> mail is send without problems, and the auto-respond is working as well. 
> But its always auto-responding, because the lda-dupes file can't be 
> created.
> 
> See mail log below:
> …
> Nov 16 13:43:03 mail003 deliver([my.test.account]): 
> file_dotlock_create(~/.dovecot.lda-dupes) failed: No such file or directory
> …
> 
> I manually created the file, but its keeping getting the message:
> root at mail003:/home/vmail/mydomain.com/info/.Maildir# ls -la
> drwx------ 6 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 14:04 .
> drwx------ 3 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 12:37 ..
> drwx------ 2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 14:04 cur
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail   340 2009-11-16 13:49 dovecot.index
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 22528 2009-11-16 14:04 dovecot.index.cache
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail  7000 2009-11-16 14:04 dovecot.index.log
> -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail     0 2009-11-16 14:03 .dovecot.lda-dupes
> -rwx------ 1 vmail vmail   485 2009-11-16 12:33 .dovecot.sieve
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail   208 2009-11-16 12:56 .dovecot.sievec
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail   522 2009-11-16 14:04 dovecot-uidlist
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail     8 2009-11-11 14:31 dovecot-uidvalidity
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail     0 2009-11-11 14:31 dovecot-uidvalidity.4afabcaa
> drwx------ 2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 14:04 new
> -rw------- 1 vmail vmail     6 2009-11-11 14:45 subscriptions
> drwx------ 2 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-16 14:04 tmp
> drwx------ 5 vmail vmail  4096 2009-11-11 14:45 .Trash
> 
> Is the ~/.dovecot.lda-dupes linking to another path, and how can I 
> adjust this so it searches for /home/vmail/%d/%n/.Maildir/ ?
> 
> Thanks,
> - Rene

Mildir != ~
Why are you storing the sieve files in the Maildir?
Let your userdb return /home/vmail/%d/%n as home, and ~/.Maildir as
mail. If the permissions on the directories are set correctly,
everything should work fine.


Regards,
Pascal
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