/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 18:06, @lbutlr via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org>
wrote:

>
>
> > On 10 Apr 2019, at 08:57, Odhiambo Washington via dovecot <
> dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 17:50, @lbutlr via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org>
> wrote:
> > On 10 Apr 2019, at 08:36, @lbutlr via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org>
> wrote:
> > > net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission
> den))
> >
> > One other detail:
> >
> > /var/run/dovecot/stats-writer:
> > 0 srw-rw----  1 root     dovecot     0 Apr 10 08:47 stats-writer
> >
> >
> > Edit your 10-master.conf and make sure that the user specified in the
> details below matches the dovecot user:
> >
> >
> > service stats {
> >   unix_listener stats-writer {
> >       user = mailnull
> >   }
> >   unix_listener stats-reader {
> >       user = mailnull
> >   }
>
> Sorry, i am confused. There is no similar clock in 10-master.conf
>
> In fact,. the string "stats" does not appear in that file at all. The
> commented line
>
> #default_internal_user = dovecot
>
> is in that file, and that is the dovecot user (as seen in the permissions
> above).
>
> Should I add
>
> service stats {
>   unix_listener stats-writer {
>       user = dovecot
>   }
>   unix_listener stats-reader {
>       user = dovecot
>   }
> }
>
> to my dovecot.conf file?
>
>
Add the two blocks to 10-master.conf, before the last "}"

My dovecot runs as user mailnull. YMMV.




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