Dear Aki, i think I got it. Many thanks. it has to do with the permission settings.
On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:59 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: > drwx-----x kunal kunal Storage > > I'm guessing this point is being more restrictive. Can you try changing > this into 0755? > > Also suddenly you are no longer using vmail but random user IDs. This only > works with vmail. > > Aki > > > On 25 February 2019 19:56 Kunal A. <kunal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > Yes. Output ;- > > > > dr-xr-xr-x root root / > > drwxr-xr-x root root run > > drwxr-xr-x root root media > > drwxr-x--x root root computer > > drwx-----x kunal kunal Storage > > drwx------ vmail vmail Email > > drwx------ vmail vmail tmp > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:53 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> > wrote: > > > Can you run > > > > > > namei -vl /run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp > > > > > > the + at the end does not mean that, it means there is an extended > POSIX ACL. > > > > > > Aki > > > > > > > On 25 February 2019 19:50 Kunal A. <kunal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Aki, > > > > Sorry for the trouble but I am still unable to get it working. The > file permissions for upper files are now drwxr-xr-x. but I think they need > to be drwxr-x--x+ ? > > > > Any idea how to change it to that? > > > > > > > > > > > > Error log is below:- > > > > > > > > doveadm(lightdm): Error: Can't open mailbox Storage/Email: > stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied > (euid=976(lightdm) egid=976(lightdm) missing +x perm: > /run/media/computer/Storage/Email, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0700) > > > > doveadm(setroubleshoot): Error: > stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied > (euid=975(setroubleshoot) egid=975(setroubleshoot) missing +x perm: > /run/media/computer/Storage/Email, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0700) > > > > doveadm(setroubleshoot): Error: Can't open mailbox Storage/Email: > stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied > (euid=975(setroubleshoot) egid=975(setroubleshoot) missing +x perm: > /run/media/computer/Storage/Email, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0700) > > > > doveadm(dovenull): Error: > stat(/run/media/computer/Storage/Email/tmp) failed: Permission denied > (euid=974(dovenull) egid=973(dovenull) missing +x perm: > /run/media/computer/Storage/Email, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0700) > > > > ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:58 AM Kunal A. <kunal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Dear Aki, > > > > > Many thanks again. Thanks for explaining this. > > > > > Very grateful for your assistance. > > > > > Thanks a bunch ! > > > > > Kunal > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:56 AM Aki Tuomi < > aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
