Figured it out. For whatever reason, I didn't need to set the userdb_mail
previously, but you definitely do now.
Thanks,
Andy
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008, Andy Dills wrote:
>
> I'm helping a friend setup a small mailserver using dovecot, and I'm
> finding a strange problem with checkpasswd that I haven't had on my
> servers.
>
> How is the following debug output even possible?
>
> Jul 25 12:12:20 company2 dovecot: auth(default): master out: USER 5
> joe home=/var/mail/joe.com/joe/Maildir/ uid=1005 gid=1005
> Jul 25 12:12:20 company2 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<joe>,
> method=PLAIN, rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured
> Jul 25 12:12:20 company2 dovecot: POP3(joe): open(/var/mail/joe) failed:
> Permission denied (euid=1005 egid=1005)
>
>
> I don't see how, when it's clearly getting the correct home directory from
> checkpassword, that it would then try the default mail directory.
>
> (mail_location is commented out, version 1.1.1)
>
> Here's the entire auth clause:
>
> auth default {
> mechanisms = plain login
>
> passdb checkpassword {
> args = /usr/local/sbin/checkpassword
> }
> userdb prefetch {
> }
> user = mailman # 1005,1005
> socket listen {
> master {
> mode = 0666
> }
> client {
> path = /var/run/dovecot/auth
> mode = 0660
> user = postfix
> group = postfix
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> Any suggestions? I'm probably just missing something obvious, not having
> messed with setting this up for 6 months.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
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> Andy Dills
> Xecunet, Inc.
> www.xecu.net
> 301-682-9972
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www.xecu.net
301-682-9972
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