[Dovecot] Filed to write auth token secret file
Chris Vaas
chrisvaas at gmail.com
Fri May 30 07:10:10 UTC 2014
Just to give it a shot, I took a look into my SELinux log. Problem solved,
SELinux blocked it. I added a rule to allow the access and that's it.
Thanks for your help
Chris
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:46 AM, Larry Rosenman <larryrtx at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you check all the auth-* process(es) running and make sure they are
> all running as root?
>
> Also, a doveconf -n MIGHT help.
>
>
> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:25 AM, Chris Vaas <chrisvaas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So it seems that the permissions are the same like yours. Hm. Suggestions
>> about the next step?
>> On May 29, 2014 1:12 AM, "Larry Rosenman" <larryrtx at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> the . directory in that list is /var/run/dovecot.
>>>
>>> that was a ls -la, after a cd /var/run/dovecot.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/28/14, Chris Vaas <chrisvaas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > May I also ask you for the permissions on the parent folder?
>>> > /var/run/dovecot
>>> >
>>> > Thanks!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Larry Rosenman <larryrtx at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> 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
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >
>>> >>>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> --
>>> >> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
>>> >> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx at gmail.com
>>> >> US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
>>> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx at gmail.com
>>> US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler
> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 (c) E-Mail: larryrtx at gmail.com
> US Mail: 108 Turvey Cove, Hutto, TX 78634-5688
>
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