Am 10.12.2013 11:25, schrieb Alan McGinlay - SICS: > On 2013-12-09 11:21, Alan McGinlay - SICS wrote: >> On 2013-12-08 22:08, Alan McGinlay - SICS wrote: >> Actually I do, /var/vmail (contains virtual domain mailboxes) is >> owned by vmail:vmail >> >> On 2013-12-08 21:49, Timo Sirainen wrote: >> On 5.12.2013, at 22.18, Alan McGinlay - SICS <al...@sics.se> wrote: >> >> mail_privileged_group = vmail >> .. >> mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir >> .. >> dsync(alantestu...@whatever.com): Error: user >> alantestu...@whatever.com: Couldn't drop privileges: getgrnam(vmail) >> failed: No such file or directory (in mail_privileged_group setting) >> >> You don’t have vmail group in your system? Either create it or remove >> this setting. Most likely you want to remove it, since this setting >> was meant only for mbox format, while you’re using maildir. >> >> After much trial and error and following Timos advice, I managed to >> get a sync to at least start and it lists folders, then it starts >> spamming this: >> >> dsync(alantestu...@whatever.com): Error: >> safe_mkstemp(/tmp/dovecot.doveadm.) failed: No such file or directory >> dsync(alantestu...@whatever.com): Error: >> safe_mkstemp(/tmp/dovecot.doveadm.) failed: No such file or directory >> dsync(alantestu...@whatever.com): Error: >> safe_mkstemp(/tmp/dovecot.doveadm.) failed: No such file or directory >> ... >> >> /tmp/dovecot.doveadm. does indeed not exist but I can't find any >> reference to it online or in the docs, >> >> Any ideas? >> > > Still not able to get anywhere with this :( It really feels like a > permissions problem, either with the master user, the unix user i start > the dsync with (root) or the user that dsync runs as (vmail). I tried > looking at the code for safe_mkstemp but still couldn't work out the > source of this problem. If anyone has an idea it would be great to hear it!
perhaps check the dsync target directory must be writable by vmail:vmail Best Regards MfG Robert Schetterer -- [*] sys4 AG http://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Franziskanerstraße 15, 81669 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Axel von der Ohe, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein
