Each time a mail message is delivered to a mailbox records like the
following appear in /var/log/dovecot.warn:
Jul 29 10:02:05 iris dovecot: lmtp(29320, j...@xxx.com): Error: file dict
commit:
file_dotlock_open(/var/vmail/XXX.com/jax/home/maildir/dovecot-quota)
failed: No such file or directory
Jul 29 10:02:05 iris dovecot: lmtp(29320, j...@xxx.com): Error: file dict
commit:
file_dotlock_open(/var/vmail/XXX.com/jax/home/maildir/dovecot-quota)
failed: No such file or directory
Jul 29 10:02:05 iris dovecot: lmtp(29320, j...@xxx.com): Error: dict quota:
Quota update failed, it's now desynced
This is with Dovecot 2.1.7 installed by Debian Squeeze binary packages,
dovecot-core v 1:2.1.7-2~bpo60+1, and friends. The host is running
GNU/Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 and on a xfs filesystem.
Entries in /etc/dovecot/users look like this:
j...@xxx.com:{plain}password
The output from 'doveconf -n' is in the attachment to this mail message.
I'm a beginner without experience with either IMAP servers or clients.
Can you give me pointers to see what I'm missing that causes the errors
logged as above?
The user data base looks like this:
userdb {
args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n/home
mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n
driver = static
}
Being a beginner, I wonder if is necessary to manually make home
directories for each '/var/vmail/%d/%n/home'?
I've tried test accounts with and without empty home directories at the
indicated locations without seeing any difference in the error
indications. Is it necessary to manually populate the home directories?
Besides having no clue about the errors logged, I don't understand what it
takes to make quotas work nor do I understand what options are available
or advisable. The distribution wiki/QuotaMaildir.txt seems clear that the
Maildif+++ backend is indicated but beyond that I remain in the dark.
FWIW, I've yet to try a real IMAP client.
Thank you for any pointers you can give me.
$ doveconf -n # IP address redacted below
# 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 x86_64 Debian 6.0.5 xfs
auth_debug = yes
auth_verbose = yes
disable_plaintext_auth = no
lmtp_save_to_detail_mailbox = yes
mail_debug = yes
mail_gid = 5000
mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n
mail_plugins = acl quota
mail_privileged_group = vmail
mail_uid = 5000
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
location =
prefix =
}
passdb {
args = scheme=plain username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
plugin {
acl = vfile:/var/vmail/conf.d/%d/acls:cache_secs=300
quota = dict:user::file:%h/maildir/dovecot-quota
quota_rule = *:storage=1GB
quota_rule2 = Trash:storage=+10%%
sieve = ~/.dovecot.sieve
sieve_dir = ~/sieve
sieve_global_dir = /var/vmail/conf.d/%d/sieve
}
protocols = imap lmtp
service auth-worker {
user = doveauth
}
service auth {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
user = doveauth
}
service dict {
unix_listener dict {
mode = 0600
user = vmail
}
}
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
address = 999.999.999.999
port = 143
}
inet_listener imaps {
port = 0
}
}
service lmtp {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
group = postfix
mode = 0660
user = postfix
}
}
ssl_cert = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
syslog_facility = local7
userdb {
args = uid=5000 gid=5000 home=/var/vmail/%d/%n/home
mail=maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%n
driver = static
}
verbose_proctitle = yes
protocol lmtp {
mail_plugins = acl quota sieve
}
protocol imap {
mail_plugins = acl quota imap_acl imap_quota mail_log notify
}
