[Dovecot] Dovecot 2.2.4 does not create home directory?
Odhiambo Washington
odhiambo at gmail.com
Wed Jul 17 15:42:08 EEST 2013
The MTA/MDA creates home directories during delivery.
On 17 July 2013 15:32, Dmitry . <rcpt.dmitry at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does not create, or something I did wrong?
>
> Here
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home
> it is written
>
> Home vs. mail directory
> Home directory shouldn't be the same as mail directory. It's possible to do
> that, but you might run into trouble with it sooner or later. Some problems
> with this are:
>
> and
>
> Ways to set up home directory
> The home directory is the same as the mail directory.
> If for example home=/var/vmail/domain/user/
> mail=/var/vmail/domain/user/mail/, set:
> mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%n
> mail_location = maildir:~/mail
>
> I think I've done it so.
>
> And yet, here
> http://wiki.dovecot.org/HowTo/SimpleVirtualInstall
> it is written
> Users can be added by editing this file. Dovecot automatically notices the
> new users immediately after they're added. It also creates their home
> directories when the user logs in.
>
> However, the directory is not created.
>
> My config:
>
> # dovecot -n
> # 2.2.4: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 3.9.6 x86_64 Slackware 14.0
> auth_debug = yes
> auth_debug_passwords = yes
> auth_mechanisms = plain login digest-md5 cram-md5 rpa apop
> auth_verbose = yes
> auth_verbose_passwords = plain
> debug_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.debug.log
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> info_log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.info.log
> lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes
> listen = 192.168.1.1
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.log
> mail_debug = yes
> mail_gid = dovecot
> mail_uid = dovecot
> managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
> managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character
> vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags
> copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave
> namespace inbox {
> inbox = yes
> location =
> mailbox Drafts {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Drafts
> }
> mailbox Sent {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Sent
> }
> mailbox Spam {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Junk
> }
> mailbox Trash {
> auto = subscribe
> special_use = \Trash
> }
> prefix =
> }
> passdb {
> args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
> driver = sql
> }
> plugin {
> antispam_allow_append_to_spam = NO
> antispam_backend = dspam
> antispam_debug_target = syslog
> antispam_dspam_args =
> --user;%Lu;--deliver=;--source=error;--signature=%%s
> antispam_dspam_binary = /usr/bin/dspam
> antispam_dspam_notspam = --class=innocent
> antispam_dspam_result_blacklist = Virus;Blocklisted;Blacklisted
> antispam_dspam_result_header = X-DSPAM-Result
> antispam_dspam_spam = --class=spam
> antispam_signature = X-DSPAM-Signature
> antispam_signature_missing = move
> antispam_skip_from_line = NO
> antispam_spam = Spam;spam;SPAM;Junk;junk;JUNK;
> antispam_trash = Trash;trash;Deleted;deleted;Deleted Items;Deleted
> Messages;
> antispam_verbose_debug = 1
> sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
> sieve_default = /etc/dovecot/sieve/default.sieve
> sieve_dir = ~/sieve
> sieve_global_dir = /etc/dovecot/sieve/
> }
> protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve
> service lmtp {
> inet_listener lmtp {
> address = 127.0.0.1
> port = 24
> }
> }
> service managesieve-login {
> inet_listener sieve {
> port = 4190
> }
> }
> ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/ssl/key.pem
> ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/ssl/key.pem
> userdb {
> args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
> driver = sql
> }
> verbose_ssl = yes
> protocol lmtp {
> mail_plugins = " sieve"
> }
> protocol lda {
> mail_plugins = " sieve"
> }
> protocol imap {
> mail_max_userip_connections = 15
> mail_plugins = " antispam"
> }
> protocol imaps {
> mail_max_userip_connections = 15
> mail_plugins = " antispam"
> }
>
>
> # grep -v '^ *\(#.*\)\?$' dovecot-sql.conf
> driver = pgsql
> connect = host=localhost dbname=dbname user=user password=password
> default_pass_scheme = PLAIN
> password_query = SELECT password FROM users WHERE email = '%u' AND enabled
> = 1
> user_query = SELECT \
> concat('/var/spool/vmail/', home) AS home, \
> concat('maildir:', maildir) AS mail \
> FROM users WHERE email = '%u' AND enabled = 1
>
> where in db
> home = "example.com/test/"
> maildir = "Maildir/"
>
> /etc/passwd
> dovecot:x:1202:202:Dovecot:/dev/null:/bin/bash
> dovenull:x:1203:203:Dovenull:/dev/null:/bin/false
>
> /etc/group
> dovecot:x:202:
> dovenull:x:203:
>
> cd /var/spool
> # ls -l
> drwxrwxr-x 4 dovecot dovecot 4096 Jul 17 12:41 vmail
>
>
> /var/log/dovecot/dovecot.debug.log
>
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug: Loading modules from directory:
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/auth
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug: Read auth token secret from
> /var/run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug: auth client connected (pid=10501)
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug: client in: AUTH 1 CRAM-MD5
> service=imap session=RONGFqLhrgDAqAPO lip=192.168.1.1
> rip=192.168.1.2 lport=143 rport=50094
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug: client passdb out: CONT 1
> PDk3MDcyMzA1OTYxMTU0MzguMTM3Mzk4NjE4MUBtYWlsPg==
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug: client in: CONT 1
> dGVzdEBoYXJkcmV2aWV3LnJ1IDFhOTE0NDBmZDk1OGE5ZWI0MWVkN2Q4ZDdhOGIzNzFi
> (previous base64 data may contain sensitive data)
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug:
> sql(test at example.com,192.168.1.2,<RONGFqLhrgDAqAPO>):
> query: SELECT password FROM users WHERE email = 'test at example.com' AND
> enabled = 1
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug:
> password(test at example.com,192.168.1.2,<RONGFqLhrgDAqAPO>):
> Generating CRAM-MD5 from user 'test at example.com@', password 'test'
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug:
> password(test at example.com,192.168.1.2,<RONGFqLhrgDAqAPO>):
> Credentials:
> 6062bc903ac97de43f0b5d33ebe8c1a63bb9ae1a88ec39cf6fd85a645de8c63a
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug: client passdb out: OK 1 user=
> test at example.com
>
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST 2206334977 10501
> 1 49e1fcdcc5e1c2becb50c3b47d31cdeb session_pid=10506
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug:
> sql(test at example.com,192.168.1.2,<RONGFqLhrgDAqAPO>):
> SELECT concat('/var/spool/vmail/', home) AS home, concat('maildir:',
> maildir) AS mail FROM users WHERE email = 'test at example.com' AND enabled
> = 1
> Jul 17 12:49:41 auth: Debug: master userdb out: USER 2206334977
> test at example.com home=/var/spool/vmail/example.com/test/
> mail=maildir:Maildir/ auth_token=670c839af976e3c0c74db1754e28ff40a2557095
> Jul 17 12:49:41 imap: Debug: Loading modules from directory:
> /usr/lib64/dovecot
> Jul 17 12:49:41 imap: Debug: Module loaded:
> /usr/lib64/dovecot/lib90_antispam_plugin.so
> Jul 17 12:49:41 imap: Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=maildir:Maildir/
> Jul 17 12:49:41 imap(test at example.com): Debug: Effective uid=1202,
> gid=202,
> home=/var/spool/vmail/example.com/test/
> Jul 17 12:49:41 imap(test at example.com): Debug: Home dir not found:
> /var/spool/vmail/example.com/test/
> Jul 17 12:49:41 imap(test at example.com): Debug: Namespace inbox:
> type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes,
> subscriptions=yes location=maildir:Maildir/
> Jul 17 12:49:41 imap(test at example.com): Debug: maildir++: root=Maildir,
> index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=Maildir, alt=
> Jul 17 12:49:41 imap(test at example.com): Debug: Namespace : Maildir doesn't
> exist yet, using default permissions
> Jul 17 12:49:41 imap(test at example.com): Debug: Namespace : Using
> permissions from Maildir: mode=0700 gid=default
>
>
>
> Thank you!
>
> Regards,
> Dmitry
>
--
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
"I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."
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