Unable to write *.sieve files while Dovecot is running

[Sami Ketola]

> On 7. Apr 2022, at 16.16, Ralph Seichter <ralph at ml.seichter.de> wrote:
> 
> I noticed lately that I can no longer modify *.sieve files while Dovecot
> is running. Write operations appear not to be permitted anymore:
> 
> $ echo >> example.sieve
> zsh: permission denied: example.sieve
> 
> Text editors like vim cannot write either. Since I used to be able to
> modify Sieve source files on the fly, I am wondering if the behaviour
> I see nowadays is intentional?


Dovecot does not keep the files open or protect them against modifications.
It is most likely some security feature in your operating system that blocks the
modifications.

Sami