[Dovecot] Correct folder permissions for maildir....

[Donovan J. Edye]

G'Day,

LDA = Local Delivery Agent? Postfix is the MTA with Dovecot providing 
POP3 and IMAP.

On 17/06/2010 9:35 PM, Daniel Petre wrote:
> hello,
> is your dovecot supposed to act as a LDA ?
>
>
>> G'Day,
>>
>> I am trying to find a definitive answer to what the directory
>> permissions should be for my configuration under Centos 5.5. I see
>> a number of the following error messages in the maillog as a
>> consequence of permissions errors. After reading the FAQ, Wiki etc.
>> and browsing the web I am unable to determine just exactly what the
>> user security settings should be for the offending folders. If
>> anyone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.
>> Should you require additional diagnostic information let me know
>> and I will source it.
>>
>> The error messages:
>>
>> Jun 17 19:50:14 moe dovecot: POP3(carolyn.spyseebiz):
>> mkdir_parents(/home/spyseebiz/homes/carolyn/mail/.imap/INBOX)
>> failed: Permission denied Jun 17 19:53:09 moe dovecot:
>> POP3(marnie.capitel):
>> mkdir_parents(/home/capitel/homes/marnie/mail/.imap/INBOX) failed:
>> Permission denied
>>
>>
>> dovecot -n
>>
>> # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf
>> protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s
>> listen: 116.212.71.194
>> ssl_listen: 116.212.71.194
>> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
>> login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
>> login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login
>> login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login
>> mail_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
>> mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
>> mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
>> mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3
>> mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
>> mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap mail_plugin_dir(pop3):
>> /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv
>> pop3_uidl_format(imap): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %v.%u
>> namespace: type: private separator: / prefix: #mbox/ location:
>> mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u inbox: yes hidden: yes namespace:
>> type: private separator: / location: maildir:~/Maildir auth
>> default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd
>>
>> ps aux | grep dovecot
>>
>> root      3457  0.0  0.0   1880   508 ?        Ss   Jun13   0:20
>> /usr/sbin/dovecot
>> root      5650  0.0  0.1   7952  1460 ?        S    03:28   0:04
>> dovecot-auth
>> dovecot  15591  0.0  0.1   4992  1760 ?        S    19:26   0:00
>> imap-login dovecot  15598  0.0  0.1   4992  1752 ?        S
>> 19:26   0:00 imap-login dovecot  15627  0.0  0.1   4992  1508 ?
>>    S    19:26   0:00 imap-login dovecot  16596  0.0  0.1   4988
>> 1748 ?        S    19:45   0:00 pop3-login dovecot  16615  0.0  0.1
>>   4988  1744 ?        S    19:46   0:00 pop3-login dovecot  16720
>> 0.2  0.1   4988  1500 ?        S    19:47   0:00 pop3-login root
>> 16726  0.0  0.0   4000   700 pts/0    S+   19:48   0:00 grep
>> dovecot
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