On 3.2.2012, at 15.15, User Max wrote: > Feb 3 15:02:37 srv-mx-00 dovecot: auth: Error: bsdauth(rodin.m,127.0.0.1): getpwnam() failed: Operation not permitted service auth { user = root } Does this make any difference? If it does help, there's a bug somewhere. If it doesn't help, then there's something else weird going on.