Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot rejecting Vpopmail User 89

2011-08-24 Thread hobie
(Ah!) Thanks, Timo, that allows Squirrelmail to get access. :) I had been making changes to the files in /conf.d, not directly to dovecot.conf - confusing. :) I'm trying now to connect using Thunderbird and that's not working, but I'll dig into that for awhile before asking for further help. Tha

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot rejecting Vpopmail User 89

2011-08-24 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 16:34 -0400, ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: > Hi, Timo - from mail.warn log file, domain name redacted: > > Aug 24 16:32:07 debian dovecot: imap(postmas...@vorg): Error: user > postmas...@vorg: Couldn't drop privileges: Mail access for users with > UID 89 not permitte

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot rejecting Vpopmail User 89

2011-08-24 Thread hobie
Hi, Timo - from mail.warn log file, domain name redacted: Aug 24 16:32:07 debian dovecot: imap(postmas...@vorg): Error: user postmas...@vorg: Couldn't drop privileges: Mail access for users with UID 89 not permitted (see first_valid_uid in config file, uid from userdb lookup). --hobie >

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot rejecting Vpopmail User 89

2011-08-24 Thread Timo Sirainen
On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 15:22 -0400, ho...@rumormillnews.com wrote: > Regardless of value of first_valid_uid (1, 89, other), Dovecot denies > Squirrelmail connection, saying it can't allow access to UID 89. "Couldn't > drop privileges", it says. I'd be grateful for fixes, suggestions, or a > pointer

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot rejecting Vpopmail User 89

2011-08-24 Thread Rick Romero
Enable auth_verbose and check the logs. But I'm pretty sure that means Dovecot can't change to the Maildir folder. I assume the user's folder is owned by vpopmail:vchkpw? Is the Maildir NFS mounted or local? Rick Quoting ho...@rumormillnews.com: Thanks, Rick. :) Changed first/last

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot rejecting Vpopmail User 89

2011-08-24 Thread Rick Romero
Quoting ho...@rumormillnews.com: I'm working to get Dovecot 2.0.13 working along with qmail, Vpopmail and Squirrelmail on a Debian 6.0.2 system, Dovecot compiled, not from a package. Vpopmail has a widely known assigned user/group ID of 89 and is the owner of all the mail folders. Regardless o

[Dovecot] Dovecot rejecting Vpopmail User 89

2011-08-24 Thread hobie
I'm working to get Dovecot 2.0.13 working along with qmail, Vpopmail and Squirrelmail on a Debian 6.0.2 system, Dovecot compiled, not from a package. Vpopmail has a widely known assigned user/group ID of 89 and is the owner of all the mail folders. Regardless of value of first_valid_uid (1, 89, o