Home Directory Creation

[Aki Tuomi]

On 2.10.2019 4.00, Asai via dovecot wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I hate to have to ask this, but... why isn't the home directory being
> created automatically?
>
> Due to legacy compatibility we've had to use this type of home dir
> config:
>
> mail_location = maildir:/vmail/%d/%n
> mail_home = /vmail/%d/%n/home
>
> We're in the middle of upgrading to new hardware, and so I'm migrating
> configs to the new server, Dovecot 2.3.7 and Postfix 3.4.6
>
> On our old server (Dovecot 2.2, Postfix 2.11) the home directory gets
> created automatically with a new user, but not on this one. The
> Dovecot debug logs just say "home dir not found."
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thank you,
> Asai
>

Can you configure mail_debug=yes, try again, and post the logs?

Aki