Linking mailboxes

[Aki Tuomi]

drwx-----x kunal kunal Storage 

I'm guessing this point is being more restrictive. Can you try changing this into 0755?

Also suddenly you are no longer using vmail but random user IDs. This only works with vmail.

Aki

> On 25 February 2019 19:56 Kunal A. <kunal.oa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi,
> Yes. Output ;-
> 
> dr-xr-xr-x root root /
> drwxr-xr-x root root run
> drwxr-xr-x root root media
> drwxr-x--x root root computer
> drwx-----x kunal kunal Storage
> drwx------ vmail vmail Email
> drwx------ vmail vmail tmp
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:53 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at open-xchange.com> wrote:
> > 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)
> >  > ~ 
> >  > 
> >  > 
> >  > 
> >  > 
> >  > 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.
> >  > > > > 
> >  > > > > 
> >  > > > > 
> >  > > > > 
> >  > > > > 
> >  > > > > 
> >  > > > > 
> >  > > > > 
> >  > > > > 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
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