dovecot-1.2.8 creates /var/run/dovecot mode 750. I run postfix+dovecot in a virtual user setup. Postfix calls deliver as user vmail group vmail.
Nov 29 12:53:04 imap.invalid dovecot: [ID 583609 mail.error] deliver(frank): userdb lookup: connect(/var/run/dovecot/auth-master) failed: Permission denied (euid=500(vmail) egid=500(vmail) missing +x perm: /var/run/dovecot)
I will say this: dovecot's error reporting in general is head and shoulders above the norm. Makes tracking down problems sooo much easier. Something else I noticed, should the dict-server socket really be mode 777? At least a-x I would think. -frank
