I suggest you do as the wiki URL I gave explained. Create a non-writable empty directory with indexes disabled.
On 18.5.2011, at 11.36, nyoman.b...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks for the advice Sir, > > when I use the configuration "mail_location = > mbox:~/mail/:INBOX=/var/mail/%u" > and look at the Dovecot's log why it's rejecting my authentication : > > May 18 09:26:29 pop3-login: Info: Login: user=<bogi>, method=PLAIN, > rip=127.0.0.1, lip=127.0.0.1, secured > May 18 09:26:29 POP3(bogi): Error: mail_location: mbox: > mkdir(/nonexistent/mail) failed: Permission denied (euid=1005(bogi) > egid=1005(bogi)) > May 18 09:26:29 POP3(bogi): Fatal: Namespace initialization failed > May 18 09:27:45 dovecot: Warning: Killed with signal 15 (by pid=82713 uid=0 > code=kill) > > And Yes, I create all user with no home directory (/nonexistent) and no > shell > (basically all user will have only mail spool in /var/mail) > > any suggestion to avoid this? > > should I use a new directory i.e. /var/mail/dovecot with world writable to > accommodate this? > > thanks in advance
