Query: SELECT "INBOX" permission denied

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Wed, 12 Nov 2014, Don Levey wrote:

> Yesterday I was forced to migrate servers due to a hardware failure.  I
> have been able to bring up my mail server, and set up Squirrelmail and
> Dovecot.  I am able to access (via Squirrelmail) all users' mail except
> one - which happens to be my wife's, so it would be really helpful if I
> could get that working too.  I am able to log in, but see the following
> message in the main pane:
>
>   ERROR: Could not complete request.
>   Query: SELECT "INBOX"
>   Reason Given: [NOPERM] Permission denied

Post the logs from Dovecot, too.

> I have see similar errors in my searches, but they all relate to
> *creating* files (inbox, sent, etc).  The files do already exist here,
> they used to work in the same directory structure on the old server
> configuration, and I can see no relative difference between this user's
> files/permissions and working users' files/permissions.
>
> Suggestions are welcome; thanks in advance,
> -Don
>
> Here are the vitals:
>
> Version: 2.2.10
> OS: CentOS 7
>
> # 2.2.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 3.10.0-123.9.3.el7.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS Linux release 7.0.1406
> (Core)  ext3
> auth_mechanisms = plain login
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
> mail_location = mbox:/home/%u/~mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl
> namespace inbox {
>  inbox = yes
>  location =
>  mailbox Drafts {
>    special_use = \Drafts
>  }
>  mailbox Junk {
>    special_use = \Junk
>  }
>  mailbox Sent {
>    special_use = \Sent
>  }
>  mailbox "Sent Messages" {
>    special_use = \Sent
>  }
>  mailbox Trash {
>    special_use = \Trash
>  }
>  prefix =
> }
> passdb {
>  driver = pam
> }
> ssl = required
> ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem
> ssl_key = </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
> userdb {
>  driver = passwd
> }
>
>
> [root at dungeon sandra]# ls -la /var/spool/mail
> total 2097152
> drwxrwxr-x.  2 root         mail       4096 Nov 11 22:10 .
> drwxr-xr-x. 16 root         root       4096 Nov 11 14:21 ..
> -rw-rw----.  1 sandra       mail  625547161 Nov 11 21:32 sandra
> -rw-rw----.  1 spamtrap_000 mail   26773946 Nov 11 20:53 spamtrap_000
> -rw-rw----.  1 spamtrap_001 mail    3092961 Nov 11 22:10 spamtrap_001
> -rw-rw----.  1 spamtrap_002 mail    8778257 Nov 11 00:03 spamtrap_002
> -rw-rw----.  1 spamtrap_003 mail   63579856 Nov 11 21:21 spamtrap_003
>
> Her directory:
> [root at dungeon .imap]# ls -la
> total 100
> drw-------. 25 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 .
> drwx------.  4 sandra sandra 4096 Nov 10 10:48 ..
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 bday
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 beads
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 books
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 Drafts
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 ham
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Nov 11 21:39 INBOX
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 Sent
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 spam
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 Trash
> drwx------.  2 sandra sandra 4096 Jul  1  2008 Work
>
> A working directory:
> [root at dungeon .imap]# ls -la
> total 56
> drwx------. 14 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Oct 23 19:22 .
> drwx------.  3 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Nov 10 09:15 ..
> drwx------.  2 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Jun  8 08:40 Deleted Messages
> drwx------.  2 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Aug 11  2011 Drafts
> drwx------.  2 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Mar 18  2011 ham
> drwx------.  2 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Nov 11 21:21 INBOX
> drwx------.  2 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Oct 18  2013 Sent
> drwx------.  2 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Aug 28 09:55 Sent Messages
> drwx------.  2 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Oct  6 20:11 spam
> drwx------.  2 spamtrap_003 spamtrap_003 4096 Nov 11 21:21 Trash
>

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Steffen Kaiser
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