Sorry, there's another issue with this configuration, not in the part I quoted. Please ignore this thread. If there are further questions, I'll ask again.
- Chris On 01/25/2014 05:28 PM, Chris wrote: > Dear All, > > I'm using version 2.1.7 which currently ships with debian stable. > > I'd like to use > > userdb { > driver = passwd-file > args = username_format=%n /etc/dovecot/users > > default_fields = uid=vmail gid=vmail > override_fields = > > skip = never > > result_failure = continue > result_internalfail = continue > result_success = return-ok > } > > from [1]. > > The error message is: > > Jan 25 14:02:03 post1 dovecot: lda(chris): Error: user chris: > Initialization failed: Namespace '': stat(/home/vmail/chris/Maildir) > failed: Permission denied (euid=1000(chris) egid=1000(chris) missing +x > perm: /home/vmail/chris, dir owned by 1001:1001 mode=0700) > > The skip and result_* commands aren't supported. > > My users file: > chris:{MD5-CRYPT}$1$3uC3URg......:::/home/vmail/chris/:/bin/false:: > > Dovecot should access the Maildir with vmail:vmail (1001:1001) and not > chris:chris (1000:1000)! > > Thank you in advance! > > - Chris > > > [1] http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase > >