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

[Daniel Petre]

> G'Day,
>
> LDA = Local Delivery Agent? Postfix is the MTA with Dovecot
> providing POP3 and IMAP.

okay then, shouldnt dovecot have rw acces to the folders the mail is 
delivered by postfix under the user that MTA runs?


>
> 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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