Thanks for your help.
On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:51 AM, Joseph Tam <jtam.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: CM Reddy <cmre...@armor5.com> > > userdb { >> args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users >> driver = passwd-file >> } >> ... >> Log information: >> ... >> >> Jan 13 16:42:44 cmreddy-Lenovo-G500s dovecot: imap(armor5): Error: user >> armor5: Couldn't drop privileges: User is missing GID (see mail_gid >> setting) >> > > Fairly self-explanatory, isn't it? It appears your userdb does > not specify GID for a user. Either define it, or ... > > In share/doc/dovecot/example-config/conf.d/10-mail.conf: > > # 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. <doc/wiki/UserIds.txt> > #mail_uid = > > ... if all your users share the the same GID, set it here. > > Joseph Tam <jtam.h...@gmail.com> >