First steps in Dovecot; IMAP not working

Moi anic297 at mac.com
Fri Oct 14 13:16:03 UTC 2016


doveconf -n:
# 2.2.13: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-042stab116.1 x86_64 Debian 8.6
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
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
}
protocols = " imap"
service auth {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0666
    user = postfix
  }
}
service imap-login {
  inet_listener imaps {
    port = 993
    ssl = yes
  }
}
ssl = required
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/mail.crt
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/mail.key
userdb {
  driver = passwd
}

And doveadm log errors:
Oct 13 05:56:28 imap(webuser): Error: open(/var/mail/webuser) failed:
Permission denied (euid=1001(webuser) egid=1000(ftpusers) missing +w perm:
/var/mail, we're not in group 8(mail), dir owned by 0:8 mode=0775)
Oct 13 05:56:28 imap(webuser): Error: Failed to autocreate mailbox INBOX:
Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
[2016-10-13 05:56:28]
Oct 13 05:56:33 imap(webuser): Error: open(/var/mail/webuser) failed:
Permission denied (euid=1001(webuser) egid=1000(ftpusers) missing +w perm:
/var/mail, we're not in group 8(mail), dir owned by 0:8 mode=0775)
Oct 13 05:56:33 imap(webuser): Error: Failed to autocreate mailbox INBOX:
Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
[2016-10-13 05:56:33]
Oct 13 06:52:45 imap(webuser): Error: open(/var/mail/webuser) failed:
Permission denied (euid=1001(webuser) egid=1000(ftpusers) missing +w perm:
/var/mail, we're not in group 8(mail), dir owned by 0:8 mode=0775)
Oct 13 06:52:45 imap(webuser): Error: Failed to autocreate mailbox INBOX:
Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
[2016-10-13 06:52:45]
Oct 13 07:12:41 imap(webuser): Error: open(/var/mail/webuser) failed:
Permission denied (euid=1001(webuser) egid=1000(ftpusers) missing +w perm:
/var/mail, we're not in group 8(mail), dir owned by 0:8 mode=0775)
Oct 13 07:12:41 imap(webuser): Error: Failed to autocreate mailbox INBOX:
Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
[2016-10-13 07:12:41]
Oct 13 07:12:50 imap(webuser): Error: open(/var/mail/webuser) failed:
Permission denied (euid=1001(webuser) egid=1000(ftpusers) missing +w perm:
/var/mail, we're not in group 8(mail), dir owned by 0:8 mode=0775)
Oct 13 07:12:50 imap(webuser): Error: Failed to autocreate mailbox INBOX:
Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
[2016-10-13 07:12:50]

I checked, using ls -l /var, and I get this:
drwxrwsr-x  2 root mail  4096 Apr 27 11:27 mail
so the group looks to be correctly set to 'mail', despite what the log says,
right?

Thanks for your answer. The second command is nice to know.
-----Message d'origine-----
De : dovecot [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org] De la part de Aki Tuomi
Envoyé : 14 October 2016 14:58
À : dovecot at dovecot.org
Objet : Re: First steps in Dovecot; IMAP not working


Please post

doveconf -n

doveadm log errors

Aki Tuomi



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