Emanuel Evans <emanuel.ev...@gmail.com> writes: > Steffen Kaiser <skdove...@smail.inf.fh-brs.de> writes: > >> Could you try what happens, if you create the hardlink manually as the >> vmail user _two_ times, if the first link() succeeds. Maybe: >> >> 1) hard links won't work on your encfs, >> 2) link() fails with "Operation not permitted" instead of "File exists" in >> your case, if the target file already exists. >> >> Something like: sudo -u vmail ln \ >> /var/decrypted/vmail/aleme.nu/root/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index \ >> /var/decrypted/vmail/aleme.nu/root/mailboxes/INBOX/dbox-Mails/dovecot.index.backup.tmp > > It turns out (1) was the problem—encfs doesn't allow hard links in my > configuration. I've set maildir_copy_with_hardlinks to no; hopefully > that will resolve the issue. Thanks so much for your help!
Unfortunately, even with maildir_copy_with_hardlinks set to "no", the problem still seems to persist. So my question becomes: is there a way to prevent dovecot from using hardlinks in all circumstances? (If it isn't possible, I can change my encfs setup.)
