On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 12:41 -0500, upen wrote: > > #ls -ald /localdir > drwxrwxrwx 31 root root 12288 Mar 17 10:48 /localdir/ > > # ls -ald /localdir/mail > drwxrwxrwx 3 dovecot dovecot 4096 Mar 17 10:49 /localdir/mail > > mkdir /localdir/mail/username > chown username:group /localdir/mail/username > chmod 700 /localdir/mail/username > > > Do you think it is okay to keep these perms ?
At least you should do chmod +t /localdir /localdir/mail. Or just keep them 0755 and create /localdir/mail/username with proper permissions immediately for new users.
