We're runnng dovecot 1.1beta1 and /.../dovecot/deliver is owned by root and has only rwxr-xr-x, No problems so far. /L
Jerry Yeager wrote: > In running the various 1.0.n versions of Dovecot's LDA with the > instructions in the wiki for using LDA with Postfix [on OS X 10.4] > things went well using the instructions as-is (no setuid problems). > > This changed in moving over to the 1.1 beta. The LDA refused to work > failing with the error "setgroups() failed: Operation not permitted" as > I mentioned in a previous message. After reading the exchange between > Bill Cole and Rich Winkel and following up on this, it seems that the > new 1.1b wants you to give the Deliver app specific setuid permission via: > > cd /path/to/where/dovecot's/deliver/is > > sudo chmod u+s deliver > > Then things worked as before. There was no need to give the group 's' > permission nor to change ownership of deliver from the default > root:staff or root:wheel or whomever... . The error message seems odd > though. > > > I am not sure if, overall, this means there is a problem in Dovecot > 1.0.n or that things are being tightened up in 1.1b. > > Thanks Bill and Rich for the tip! > > > Jerry Yeager
