[Dovecot] Dsync error: Couldn't drop privileges: getgrnam

[Alan McGinlay - SICS]

On 2013-12-13 01:10, Joseph Tam wrote:
> Alan McGinlay wrote:
> 
> Can't believe I'm the only one with this error, googled it and there 
> is
> nothing. Sorry to whine but I am getting desperate here!
> 
> I googled "safe_mkstemp permission denied" and first hit is this 
> thread
> 
> 	dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2010-August/052319.html

Hah! thank you so much, I have been pretty stressed the past week or so 
and of course I googled it, my brain must have been mushed however :)

> 
> which mentions this error coming about from chrooting users.  Looking 
> back
> on your post, I see
> 
> 	http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2013-December/093900.html
> 
> 	mail_chroot = /var/vmail

It makes immediate sense when you mention the chroot! Annoying that 
dsync and the chroot wont work together however

> 
> As long as your desperate, maybe try leaving this setting empty?

Yep, this worked once I changed the maildir location to include 
/var/vmail

> (This doesn't explain why it's not deterministic though.)   Try
> process traces -- I do when I'm stumped.
> 
> Joseph Tam <jtam.home at gmail.com>

Thanks! This is a really helpful mailing list!