> On 21/02/2022 23:24 Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> wrote: > > > Hi! > > There are many questions on the 'net about the same theme: > lda(mjt): Error: net_connect_unix(/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: > Permission denied > > dovecot-lda is run from postfix as mailbox_command for local users. > > There's even a suggestion on dovecot wiki to make dovecot-lda setgid > (to mail) - for a different reason but people use this trick to shut > this error message up. See eg the last message at > https://forum.zentyal.org/index.php?topic=35236.0 which points to > https://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA/Postfix . > > But the thing is: mail delivery stops right after making dovecot-lda > setgid, like this: > > Feb 22 00:06:46 tsrv dovecot: lda(mjt)<253650><s+nnHub+E2LS3gMA7tuOMA>: \ > Fatal: setresgid(914(dovecot),914(dovecot),8(mail)) failed with > euid=1000(mjt): \ > Operation not permitted > > why the hell lda tries to setuid to dovecot user? > It will definitely unable to write to the maildir since it is owned by > user mjt, not by user dovecot! > > And I *only* made it setgid, not setuid. > > How to use dovecot-lda together with postfix, after all? > > Thanks, > > /mjt
The most simple fix which usually works is service stats { unix_listener stats-writer { mode = 0666 } } Aki