Postfix/Dovecot permissions for new mailboxes

[Aki Tuomi]

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On 16.05.2018 13:42, telsch wrote:
> Yes, this settings work as i expected, but i didn't found
> documentation for
>     mail_home=
>
> Thanks
>
> On 15.05.2018 20:10, Aki Tuomi wrote:
>>
>> Well, that's not what I asked you to try...
>>
>> try
>>
>> mail_home=/var/spool/mail/%u
>> mail_location=mdbox:~/
>>
>> Aki
>>
>>> On 15 May 2018 at 20:03 telsch <telsch at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> With this settings I don't get the expectet result, still get wrong
>>> permissions on new mailboxes. Aki did you also try with %u ?
>>>
>>>   > In /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf follow options are set:
>>>   >        mail_gid = mail
>>>   >        mail_privileged_group = mail
>>>   >        mail_access_groups = mail
>>>   >        mail_location = mdbox:/var/spool/mail/%u
>>>
>>> On 15.05.2018 13:06, Aki Tuomi wrote:
>>>> I have to correct myself. I tested with sdbox now too, and it seems
>>>> that
>>>> using
>>>>
>>>> mail_location=sdbox:~/Mail
>>>>
>>>> produces the expected behaviour. mdbox uses same code as sdbox for
>>>> this,
>>>> so it should work fine.
>>>>
>>>> Aki
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 15.05.2018 13:01, telsch wrote:
>>>>> I use mdbox not maildir:
>>>>>
>>>>>       mail_location = mdbox:/var/spool/mail/%u
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15.05.2018 11:53, Aki Tuomi wrote:
>>>>>> Do you have
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mail_location=maildir:~/mail
>>>>>>
>>>>>> or
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mail_location = maildir:/path/to/whatever/%u
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I tested with latest 2.2 that if I use /path/to, I get correct
>>>>>> permissions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Aki
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 15.05.2018 12:43, telsch wrote:
>>>>>>> I would expect same permissions as for root mail directory 02770:
>>>>>>>        drwxrws--- 5 newuser mail 4096 Apr 23 19:31
>>>>>>> /var/spool/mail/newuser/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Using Dovecot 2.2.34
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 14.05.2018 08:37, Aki Tuomi wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 09.05.2018 12:52, telsch wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> the wiki page describe that permission should copied from root
>>>>>>>>> mail
>>>>>>>>> directory
>>>>>>>>>         https://wiki2.dovecot.org/SharedMailboxes/Permissions
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The permissions for the root mail directory are set to 2770:
>>>>>>>>>         drwxrws--- 36 root mail 4096 Apr 15 02:30
>>>>>>>>> /var/spool/mail/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But newly created mailboxes get following permissions:
>>>>>>>>>         drwx--S--- 5 newuser mail 4096 Apr 23 19:31
>>>>>>>>> /var/spool/mail/newuser/
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf follow options are set:
>>>>>>>>>         mail_gid = mail
>>>>>>>>>         mail_privileged_group = mail
>>>>>>>>>         mail_access_groups = mail
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm missing something to get right group permissions for new
>>>>>>>>> mailboxes?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What permissions were you expecting? Also, which version of
>>>>>>>> dovecot
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> you running?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Aki
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>