Am 29.11.2009 um 20:31 schrieb Frank Cusack: >>> 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)
So it can't access that directory as it states. It would create that structure upon start to my knowledge. Mine is [20:38] root spectre:/# l -d /var/run/dovecot drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-11-25 13:20 /var/run/dovecot What is yours? Regards Thomas