At minimum directories /run/media/computer/Storage/
need to have o+x, so you can do chmod o+x /run /run/media /run/media/computer /run/media/computer/Storage and chown -R vmail:vmail /run/media/computer/Storage/Email Aki > On 25 February 2019 18:47 Kunal A. via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > > > Dear Aki, > I have given permission to the folders Storage/Email to vmail. > But the upper hierarchy is not under vmail . > > Full directory = /run/media/computer/Storage/Email > > /run/media/computer = not vmail > Storage/Email = vmail > > How do I get this corrected ? It seems like vmail needs access through all > through run/media/computer . > > Please excuse my ignorance as I am not very familiar with filesystem > permissions. :-/ > > Sincere apologies for the trouble. > > Thanks > Kunal A. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:36 AM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: > > I would only run it for the mail folders to be safe. > > > > Aki > > > > > On 25 February 2019 18:34 Kunal A. via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear Aki, > > > Many thanks for your feedback. Its what I figured I should do but I was > > not sure how safe it was. > > > > > > Would it make sense to execute the following to /run/media/computer so > > that the user/group is vmail? > > > sudo chown -R vmail:vmail to the /run folder ? > > > > > > Also if this practice is safe to perform? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Kunal A > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:20 AM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 25 February 2019 18:19 Aki Tuomi via dovecot > > <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 25 February 2019 17:56 Kunal A. via dovecot > > <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Guys! > > > > > > Many thanks for your feedback. I have kind of gotten it to work > > but I just struggling to get the permissions of the folder correct. Highly > > appreciate if someone could help me set the correct permission settings for > > it . Terribly sorry for my ignorance. > > > > > > > > > > > > My error msg is listed below : - > > > > > > > > > > > > doveadm(vmail): Error: stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) > > failed: Permission denied (euid=5000(vmail) egid=5000(vmail) missing +x > > perm: /run/media/computer, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0750) > > > > > > doveadm(vmail): Error: Can't open mailbox Storage/Email: > > stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied > > (euid=5000(vmail) egid=5000(vmail) missing +x perm: /run/media/computer, > > dir owned by 0:0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You need to give write permissions to vmail on > > /run/media/computer/Storage/Email > > > > > > > > > > You can > > > > > - change owner to vmail > > > > > - change group to vmail and add rwx for group > > > > > - use posix ACLs > > > > > - change mode to 0777 (unsafe) > > > > > > > > > > Aki > > > > > > > > And the same applies for all files & directories under > > /run/media/computer/Storage/Email > > > > > > > > Aki > > > > > >
