[Dovecot] Filed to write auth token secret file

[Larry Rosenman]

Here is the entire contents of mine.

drwxr-xr-x   5 root     wheel     35 May 27 21:01 .
drwxr-xr-x  14 root     wheel     35 May 28 03:01 ..
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 24 14:12 anvil
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 24 14:12 anvil-auth-penalty
srw-rw-rw-   1 dovecot  wheel      0 May 27 21:01 auth-client
srw-------   1 dovecot  wheel      0 May 27 21:01 auth-login
srw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 auth-master
-rw-------   1 root     wheel     32 May 24 14:12 auth-token-secret.dat
srw-rw-rw-   1 dovecot  wheel      0 May 27 21:01 auth-userdb
srw-------   1 dovecot  wheel      0 May 27 21:01 auth-worker
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 config
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 dict
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 director-admin
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 director-userdb
srw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 dns-client
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 doveadm-server
lrwx------   1 root     wheel     35 May 24 14:12 dovecot.conf ->
/usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
drwxr-xr-x   2 root     wheel      2 May 24 14:12 empty
srw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 imap-urlauth
srw-------   1 dovecot  wheel      0 May 27 21:01 imap-urlauth-worker
srw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 indexer
srw-------   1 dovecot  wheel      0 May 27 21:01 indexer-worker
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 ipc
srw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 lmtp
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 log-errors
drwxr-x---   2 root     dovenull   9 May 27 21:01 login
-rw-------   1 root     wheel      4 May 24 14:12 master.pid
-rw-r--r--   1 root     wheel     86 May 24 14:12 mounts
srw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 replication-notify
prw-------   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 replication-notify-fifo
srw-------   1 dovecot  wheel      0 May 27 21:01 replicator
srw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 ssl-params
srw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 stats
prw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel      0 May 27 21:01 stats-mail
drwxr-x---   2 root     dovenull   4 May 27 21:01 token-login
thebighonker.lerctr.org /var/run/dovecot $


Now, the fact that it was whining about a .tmp file is interesting.

Was there any other whines?

Seems like something(tm) wasn't running as root that should be.


On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Chris Vaas <chrisvaas at gmail.com> wrote:

> What permissions should I have on the folder /var/run/dovecot ? The owner
> is root and the group dovecot in my case. The access bits are drwxr-xr-x.
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Larry Rosenman <larryrtx at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Check the permissions on the directory referenced.
> > On May 28, 2014 5:06 PM, "Chris Vaas" <chrisvaas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey guys,
> >> I am getting the following error. It seems not be be severe, since my
> >> setup
> >> works without any signs of drawbacks. But I'd rather rely on a
> >> professional
> >> opinion.
> >>
> >> May 28 23:02:54 example dovecot: auth: Error:
> >> open(/var/run/dovecot/auth-token-secret.dat.tmp) failed: Permission
> denied
> >> May 28 23:02:54 example dovecot: auth: Error: Failed to write auth token
> >> secret file; returned tokens will be invalid once auth restarts
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance
> >> Chris
> >>
> >
>



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