Thanks for the super quick reply! Dovecot -n:
# 1.2.25: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 2.6.30-ARCH x86_64 log_path: /var/log/dovecot info_log_path: /var/log/dovecot.info protocols: imap disable_plaintext_auth: no login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login login_executable: /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login first_valid_uid: 999 last_valid_uid: 9999 last_valid_gid: 9999 mail_location: maildir:~/.mail/Maildir mail_full_filesystem_access: yes mmap_disable: yes mail_nfs_storage: yes mail_nfs_index: yes lock_method: dotlock maildir_copy_preserve_filename: yes auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: driver: passwd Am Freitag, den 02.10.2009, 21:04 +0800 schrieb Carlos Candeias: > Regardless of the mail client no user can modify, move, delete or > subscribe an imap folder with Dovecot >1.2.1 (meanwhile 1.2.5). Dovecot > apparently have some dotlock problems: > (From dovecot.log) > Oct 02 14:58:19 IMAP(jcci): Error: > fchown(/candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions.lock, -1, > 0(root)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1003(management), group > based on /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir) > Oct 02 14:58:19 IMAP(jcci): Error: file_dotlock_open() failed with > subscription file /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions: > Operation not permitted > Oct 02 14:58:20 IMAP(jcci): Error: > fchown(/candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions.lock, -1, > 0(root)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1003(management), group > based on /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir) > Oct 02 14:58:20 IMAP(jcci): Error: file_dotlock_open() failed with > subscription file /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions: > Operation not permitted > Oct 02 14:58:20 IMAP(jcci): Error: > fchown(/candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions.lock, -1, > 0(root)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1003(management), group > based on /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir) > Oct 02 14:58:20 IMAP(jcci): Error: file_dotlock_open() failed with > subscription file /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions: > Operation not permitted > Oct 02 14:58:21 IMAP(jcci): Error: > fchown(/candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions.lock, -1, > 0(root)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1003(management), group > based on /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir) > Oct 02 14:58:21 IMAP(jcci): Error: file_dotlock_open() failed with > subscription file /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions: > Operation not permitted > Oct 02 14:58:21 IMAP(jcci): Error: > fchown(/candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions.lock, -1, > 0(root)) failed: Operation not permitted (egid=1003(management), group > based on /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir) > Oct 02 14:58:21 IMAP(jcci): Error: file_dotlock_open() failed with > subscription file /candeias/home/jcci/.mail/Maildir/subscriptions: > Operation not permitted > > This was an attemt of changing a subscription. > Another weird point: I can create an IMAP folder although it does not > show up in the folder list. But the new folder is in the subscription > list, just marked as unsubscribed and there is no way to change that. > This problem is safely reproducible and I wonder whether I should be > really the only person having this trouble. > I'm using MAILDIR and simple plain test authentification (internal mail > server). > The location is mail_location: maildir:~/.mail/Maildir which means a > subfolder in each user's home directory. > All homes are exported to NFS, but the Dovecot is just on the same > server and thus accesses locally. > Downgrade to version 1.1.17 solves all problems. > Archlinux x86_64, Linux 2.6.30 > It would be really great if somebody could understand the cause and > suggest a solution!