Mailbox can't be created

Paulo Matos paulo at matos-sorge.com
Thu Sep 3 20:03:09 UTC 2015


On 27/08/15 18:55, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am 27.08.2015 um 13:46 schrieb Paulo Matos:
>> On 27/08/15 10:42, Muzaffer Tolga Ozses wrote:
>>> Please check permissions as this sounds like a permissions issue m
>>
>> I am confused then. /home/vmail/Maildir is 700 for vmail:vmail. If
>> dovecot-lda runs as vmail then there's no problem, if it runs as root it
>> shouldn't face problems either.
>
> That statement is not correct nowadays as UNIX permissions aren't all
> any longer. There are tools like AppArmor and in your case with Fedora
> there is SELinux preventing even actions by root user.
>
> Make sure the SELinux context fits. "/home/vmail" and the subfolder
> "Maildir" has to be SELinux labeled correctly.
>
> ausearch -m avc

SElinux is not the issue in my case:

$ sestatus
SELinux status:                 disabled

-- 
Paulo Matos




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