Hi
I have a remaining issue with a mail server setup.
Composed of Postfix and Dovecot it is is a 'local' mail server
At first I relied upon Mysql to store the various parameters, and then
switched to a flat file approach
I also initially set the server up to handle virtual users, but then I
realized that it was destined to manage local system accounts only. So I
reconfigured it accordingly
Relying on system accounts for authentication means that the domain name
component is absent from the username (as opposed to virtual user
identifiers)
This caused me some difficulty at first with roundcube, but I was able
to get around it through a manual adjustment in Mysql
The remaining aspect that isn't working is the delivery of emails.
The entry in master.cf for dovecot looks looks this:
dovecot unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=mail:mail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deli
ver -d ${recipient}
The problem is that the recipient equates to the users email address,
which can't in fact be used for authentication purposes with system
accounts.
I then tried replacing recipient with user:
dovecot unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=mail:mail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/deliver -d ${user}
There seems to be a rights issue because I get the following error:
dovecot Fatal: setgid(100(users)) failed with euid=8(mail), gid=8(mail),
egid=8(mail): Operation not permitted
Any ideas ?
thanks
yann
# 1.2.15: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 i686 Debian 6.0.7 ext4
log_timestamp: %d-%m-%Y %H:%M:%S
protocols: imap imaps pop3 pop3s
ssl_cert_file: /etc/ssl/certs/postfix.pem
ssl_key_file: /etc/ssl/private/postfix.key
login_dir: /var/run/dovecot/login
login_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap-login
login_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3-login
mail_privileged_group: mail
mail_location: maildir:/var/mail/%u
mbox_write_locks: fcntl dotlock
mail_executable(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/imap
mail_executable(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/pop3
mail_plugin_dir(default): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(imap): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/imap
mail_plugin_dir(pop3): /usr/lib/dovecot/modules/pop3
lda:
auth_socket_path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
postmaster_address: postmas...@holinice.com
mail_plugins: sieve
log_path:
syslog_facility: mail
auth default:
mechanisms: plain login
verbose: yes
passdb:
driver: pam
userdb:
driver: passwd
socket:
type: listen
client:
path: /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
mode: 432
user: postfix
group: postfix
master:
path: /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
mode: 432
user: mail
group: mail
