Yep, yep, yep, consider this solved. I believe I understand the issues
involved, now.
Many thanks for your help!
John Clements
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> Nov 3 12:23:05 desmond dovecot: lda(granitemon): Debug: Effective
> uid=1003, gid=1003, home=/home/granitemo
Nov 3 12:23:05 desmond dovecot: lda(granitemon): Debug: Effective
uid=1003, gid=1003, home=/home/granitemon
Nov 3 12:23:05 desmond dovecot: lda(granitemon): Error:
setegid(privileged) failed: Operation not permitted
so it's running as the normal user, and NOT with the mail group.
I'm using e
Well, first, here are the logs I generated:
Nov 3 12:23:05 desmond dovecot: lda(granitemon): Debug: Effective
uid=1003, gid=1003, home=/home/granitemon
Nov 3 12:23:05 desmond dovecot: lda(granitemon): Debug: Namespace inbox:
type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes,
subscripti
and, are you SURE that dovecot-lda has mail in it's group list when it is
executing?
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> Hrm. if you turn up the debug on lda, do you get any more of a clue?
>
> Those permissions look fine to me.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:10 PM, John Cle
Hrm. if you turn up the debug on lda, do you get any more of a clue?
Those permissions look fine to me.
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:10 PM, John Clements
wrote:
> clements@desmond:/var/log$ ls -lda /var/mail
> drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 Nov 2 22:07 /var/mail
>
>
> Best,
>
> John Clements
>
> On
clements@desmond:/var/log$ ls -lda /var/mail
drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4096 Nov 2 22:07 /var/mail
Best,
John Clements
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:52 AM, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> what is the full permissions of /var/mail?
>
>
> ls -lda /var/mail
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:49 PM, John Clements
>
what is the full permissions of /var/mail?
ls -lda /var/mail
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:49 PM, John Clements
wrote:
> I've been using dovecot+postfix happily for many years, and I'm now
> configuring it for a new machine. However, I'm running into an old problem
> again, and thinking that there
I've been using dovecot+postfix happily for many years, and I'm now
configuring it for a new machine. However, I'm running into an old problem
again, and thinking that there must be a better solution.
The problem is that dovecot-lda is unable to create dotlock files in the
/var/mail directory.
Do
