On Sat, 12 Sep 2009, Mark Gillespie wrote: > Hi, having a nightmare trying to get dovecot working on my SheevaPlug > (flash based ARM embedded device). I need to use virtual users, and I need > to store all the mail on an external USB HDD (not in home directories > which live in the limited flash space). However I can't even log in via > telnet. I've followed the Wiki troubleshooting tips, and still no further > forward. > > logging via telnet, I get: "user sheeva BAD Error in IMAP command received > by server." > the logs show: ubuntu dovecot: User sheeva is missing UID (see mail_uid > setting)
Is that *all* the logs show? > What do I need to do? I know basic Linux stuff, but I wouldn't call > myself an expert, so please no tech talks!!! This is a technical mailing list. See: http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserIds and note that mail_uid = "System user and group used to access mails. If you use multiple, userdb can override these by returning uid or gid fields. You can use either numbers or names." -- Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net>
