> G'Day, > > LDA = Local Delivery Agent? Postfix is the MTA with Dovecot > providing POP3 and IMAP.
okay then, shouldnt dovecot have rw acces to the folders the mail is delivered by postfix under the user that MTA runs? > > On 17/06/2010 9:35 PM, Daniel Petre wrote: >> hello, >> is your dovecot supposed to act as a LDA ? >> >> >>> G'Day, >>> >>> I am trying to find a definitive answer to what the directory >>> permissions should be for my configuration under Centos 5.5. I >>> see a number of the following error messages in the maillog as >>> a consequence of permissions errors. After reading the FAQ, >>> Wiki etc. and browsing the web I am unable to determine just >>> exactly what the user security settings should be for the >>> offending folders. If anyone could point me in the right >>> direction I would appreciate it. Should you require additional >>> diagnostic information let me know and I will source it. >>> >>> The error messages: >>> >>> Jun 17 19:50:14 moe dovecot: POP3(carolyn.spyseebiz): >>> mkdir_parents(/home/spyseebiz/homes/carolyn/mail/.imap/INBOX) >>> failed: Permission denied Jun 17 19:53:09 moe dovecot: >>> POP3(marnie.capitel): >>> mkdir_parents(/home/capitel/homes/marnie/mail/.imap/INBOX) >>> failed: Permission denied >>> >>> >>> dovecot -n >>> >>> # 1.0.7: /etc/dovecot.conf >>> protocols: imap pop3 imaps pop3s >>> listen: 116.212.71.194 >>> ssl_listen: 116.212.71.194 >>> login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login >>> login_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login >>> login_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap-login >>> login_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3-login >>> mail_location: mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u >>> mail_executable(default): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap >>> mail_executable(imap): /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap >>> mail_executable(pop3): /usr/libexec/dovecot/pop3 >>> mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap >>> mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap >>> mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3 >>> pop3_uidl_format(default): %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(imap): >>> %08Xu%08Xv pop3_uidl_format(pop3): %v.%u namespace: type: >>> private separator: / prefix: #mbox/ location: >>> mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u inbox: yes hidden: yes >>> namespace: type: private separator: / location: >>> maildir:~/Maildir auth default: passdb: driver: pam userdb: >>> driver: passwd >>> >>> ps aux | grep dovecot >>> >>> root 3457 0.0 0.0 1880 508 ? Ss Jun13 >>> 0:20 /usr/sbin/dovecot >>> root 5650 0.0 0.1 7952 1460 ? S 03:28 >>> 0:04 dovecot-auth >>> dovecot 15591 0.0 0.1 4992 1760 ? S 19:26 >>> 0:00 imap-login dovecot 15598 0.0 0.1 4992 1752 ? >>> S 19:26 0:00 imap-login dovecot 15627 0.0 0.1 4992 1508 >>> ? S 19:26 0:00 imap-login dovecot 16596 0.0 0.1 4988 >>> 1748 ? S 19:45 0:00 pop3-login dovecot 16615 0.0 >>> 0.1 4988 1744 ? S 19:46 0:00 pop3-login dovecot >>> 16720 0.2 0.1 4988 1500 ? S 19:47 0:00 pop3- >>> login root 16726 0.0 0.0 4000 700 pts/0 S+ 19:48 >>> 0:00 grep dovecot -- Daniel Petre, System Administrator RCS & RDS, Pitesti Tel: 0348400426 Mobil: 0770048708 Skype: daniel-petre Ym: petredaniel