I think I found here what I'm interested in: https://doc.dovecot.org/admin_manual/system_users_used_by_dovecot/.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 9:52 AM Andrei Petru Mura <mapand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Aki, > > Thanks. I was especially interested in documentation related to dovecot > and it's users permissions, the way in which dovecot uses users. Till now I > found only spread information on different articles from dovecot's website. > > Thanks, > Mura Andrei > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 9:49 AM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.exec.html#ReadWritePaths= >> >> although we probably need to add some words into doc.dovecot.org under >> known issues. >> >> Aki >> >> > On 11/04/2020 09:24 Andrei Petru Mura <mapand...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Hi Aki, >> > >> > Any documentation on this topic? >> > >> > Mura Andrei >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 5:27 PM Aki Tuomi <aki.tu...@open-xchange.com> >> wrote: >> > > This is probably caused by systemd (or selinux or both). >> > > >> > > With systemd, you need to add >> > > >> > > ReadWritePaths=/home/mail >> > > >> > > to the systemd unit. >> > > >> > > Then you can check /var/log/audit/audit.log for any selinux specific >> problems. If you are using Centos/Redhat. >> > > >> > > Aki >> > > >> > > > On 06/04/2020 17:01 Andrei Petru Mura <mapand...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Hi, >> > > > >> > > > Dovecot version 2.2.36 >> > > > In log files I get this error: >> > > > dovecot: imap(test): Namespace '': >> mkdir(/home/mail/domain/test/Maildir) failed: Permission denied >> (euid=1005(vmail) egid=1005(vmail) missing +w perm: /home/mail/domain, UNIX >> perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?)) >> > > > >> > > > My authentication configuration is this: >> > > > passdb { >> > > > driver = passwd-file >> > > > args = username_format=%n /etc/dovecot/users >> > > > } >> > > > >> > > > userdb { >> > > > driver = static >> > > > args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/home/mail/domain/%n >> username_format=%n /etc/dovecot/users >> > > > >> > > > } >> > > > >> > > > /home/mail/domain/test directory is owned by vmail user. >> > > > How to fix this? >> > > > >> > > > Mura Andrei >> > > >> >
