Struggling to get dovecot working with postfix auth

[Ralph Seichter]

On 11.10.18 13:21, Laura Smith wrote:

> > I suggest using "mode = 0660" instead.
>
> Makes no difference.

That was meant to increase security, not to fix your problem.

> > What exactly do the logs show?
>
> Erm, they show exactly what I posted earlier ?

No. Earlier, you posted this:

> 2018-10-11T10:17:40.491483+01:00 X postfix-authrelay/smtpd[18312]:
> warning: X[X]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed:

That's just a warning about an authentication failure. Now this:

> 2018-10-11T12:14:15.467791+01:00 X dovecot: master: Error:
> bind(/var/spool/postfix-authrelay/private/dovecot-auth) failed:
> Permission denied
> 2018-10-11T12:14:15.468094+01:00 X dovecot: master: Error:
> service(auth):
> net_listen_unix(/var/spool/postfix-authrelay/private/dovecot-auth)
> failed: Permission denied
> 2018-10-11T12:14:15.468216+01:00 X dovecot: master: Fatal: Failed to
> start listeners

That's a permission error. Somewhere in your directory hierarchy things
are off. See Postfix' set-permissions command.

-Ralph