Linking mailboxes

[Aki Tuomi]

Can you run

namei -vl /run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp

the + at the end does not mean that, it means there is an extended POSIX ACL.

Aki

> On 25 February 2019 19:50 Kunal A. <kunal.oa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hey Aki,
> Sorry for the trouble but I am still unable to get it working. The file permissions for upper files are now drwxr-xr-x. but I think they need to be drwxr-x--x+ ? 
> Any idea how to change it to that? 
> 
> 
> Error log is below:-
> 
> doveadm(lightdm): Error: Can't open mailbox Storage/Email: stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=976(lightdm) egid=976(lightdm) missing +x perm: /run/media/computer/Storage/Email, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0700)
> doveadm(setroubleshoot): Error: stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=975(setroubleshoot) egid=975(setroubleshoot) missing +x perm: /run/media/computer/Storage/Email, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0700)
> doveadm(setroubleshoot): Error: Can't open mailbox Storage/Email: stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=975(setroubleshoot) egid=975(setroubleshoot) missing +x perm: /run/media/computer/Storage/Email, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0700)
> doveadm(dovenull): Error: stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=974(dovenull) egid=973(dovenull) missing +x perm: /run/media/computer/Storage/Email, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0700)
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> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:58 AM Kunal A. <kunal.oa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear Aki,
> > Many thanks again. Thanks for explaining this. 
> > Very grateful for your assistance.
> > Thanks a bunch !
> > Kunal
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:56 AM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> > > At minimum directories 
> > >  
> > >  /run/media/computer/Storage/
> > >  
> > >  need to have o+x, so you can do
> > >  
> > >  chmod o+x /run /run/media /run/media/computer /run/media/computer/Storage
> > >  
> > >  and
> > >  
> > >  chown -R vmail:vmail /run/media/computer/Storage/Email
> > >  
> > >  Aki
> > >  
> > >  > On 25 February 2019 18:47 Kunal A. via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> > >  > 
> > >  > 
> > >  > Dear Aki,
> > >  > I have given permission to the folders Storage/Email to vmail.
> > >  > But the upper hierarchy is not under vmail .
> > >  > 
> > >  > Full directory = /run/media/computer/Storage/Email
> > >  > 
> > >  > /run/media/computer = not vmail 
> > >  > Storage/Email = vmail
> > >  > 
> > >  > How do I get this corrected ? It seems like vmail needs access through all through run/media/computer .
> > >  > 
> > >  > Please excuse my ignorance as I am not very familiar with filesystem permissions. :-/ 
> > >  > 
> > >  > Sincere apologies for the trouble.
> > >  > 
> > >  > Thanks
> > >  > Kunal A.
> > >  > 
> > >  > 
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> > >  > 
> > >  > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:36 AM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> > >  > > I would only run it for the mail folders to be safe.
> > >  > > 
> > >  > > Aki
> > >  > > 
> > >  > > > On 25 February 2019 18:34 Kunal A. via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> > >  > > > 
> > >  > > > 
> > >  > > > Dear Aki,
> > >  > > > Many thanks for your feedback. Its what I figured I should do but I was not sure how safe it was.
> > >  > > > 
> > >  > > > Would it make sense to execute the following to /run/media/computer so that the user/group is vmail?
> > >  > > > sudo chown -R vmail:vmail to the /run folder ? 
> > >  > > > 
> > >  > > > Also if this practice is safe to perform? 
> > >  > > > 
> > >  > > > Thanks
> > >  > > > Kunal A
> > >  > > > 
> > >  > > > 
> > >  > > > 
> > >  > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:20 AM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> > >  > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > On 25 February 2019 18:19 Aki Tuomi via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> > >  > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > > On 25 February 2019 17:56 Kunal A. via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:
> > >  > > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > > Hey Guys!
> > >  > > > > > > Many thanks for your feedback. I have kind of gotten it to work but I just struggling to get the permissions of the folder correct. Highly appreciate if someone could help me set the correct permission settings for it . Terribly sorry for my ignorance. 
> > >  > > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > > My error msg is listed below : -
> > >  > > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > > doveadm(vmail): Error: stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=5000(vmail) egid=5000(vmail) missing +x perm: /run/media/computer, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0750)
> > >  > > > > > > doveadm(vmail): Error: Can't open mailbox Storage/Email: stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=5000(vmail) egid=5000(vmail) missing +x perm: /run/media/computer, dir owned by 0:0 
> > >  > > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > You need to give write permissions to vmail on /run/media/computer/Storage/Email
> > >  > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > You can 
> > >  > > > > > - change owner to vmail
> > >  > > > > > - change group to vmail and add rwx for group
> > >  > > > > > - use posix ACLs
> > >  > > > > > - change mode to 0777 (unsafe)
> > >  > > > > > 
> > >  > > > > > Aki
> > >  > > > > 
> > >  > > > > And the same applies for all files & directories under /run/media/computer/Storage/Email
> > >  > > > > 
> > >  > > > > Aki
> > >  > > > >
> > >  > >
> > >