> On 03/05/2021 13:14 Fiorenza Meini <fme...@esseweb.eu> wrote: > > > Il 03/05/21 11:37, Aki Tuomi ha scritto: > > > >> On 03/05/2021 11:53 Fiorenza Meini <fme...@esseweb.eu> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Il 03/05/21 10:42, Aki Tuomi ha scritto: > >>> > >>>> On 03/05/2021 11:16 Fiorenza Meini <fme...@esseweb.eu> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Il 03/05/21 09:47, Aki Tuomi ha scritto: > >>>>> > >>>>>> On 03/05/2021 10:42 Fiorenza Meini <fme...@esseweb.eu> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> I successfully enable mail_crypt module but I'm experiencing a strange > >>>>>> behaviour with tmp directory while accessing with POP3 protocol: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I see in log file: > >>>>>> Error: istream-seekable: safe_mkstemp(/tmp/dovecot.pop3.) failed: > >>>>>> Permission denied > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I changed tmp directory configuration (mail_temp_dir variable) and > >>>>>> setting it with 777 permission, but the error is the same. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On client side it's working everything, but I'd like to understand the > >>>>>> error and if I have to be worried about it. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thank you and regards > >>>>>> Fiorenza > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Fiorenza Meini/Spazio Web > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Are you by chance using selinux or apparmor there which could prevent > >>>>> this? Also Dovecot's stock systemd unit prevenst you from writing into > >>>>> random locations, /tmp should be fine though. > >>>>> > >>>>> Aki > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> I have apparmor installed on the machine, but even if stopped it the > >>>> problem didn't solved. > >>>> > >>>> I think dovecot's systemd unit file configuration is this > >>>> one:/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/dovecot.conf > >>>> > >>>> It's content is this: > >>>> # Type Path Mode UID GID Age Argument > >>>> d /var/run/dovecot/ 0755 root root - - > >>>> d /var/run/dovecot/login/ 0750 root dovecot - - > >>>> > >>>> Should I insert here a line for /tmp directory ? > >>>> > >>>> Thank you and regards > >>>> > >>>> Fiorenza > >>> > >>> I don't think you need to do that. > >>> > >>> Also note that since you're using systemd, dovecot has PrivateTmp=yes, > >>> which means that /tmp is actually /tmp/*service*dovecot*/tmp > >>> > >>> Aki > >>> > >> > >> Hi, > >> thank you. > >> I can't see that directory under /tmp.... Is there a way to create it? > >> > >> Regards > >> Fiorenza > > > > Depends a lot on your setup. I see I got the mask wrong, it's really > > > > /tmp/*systemd*dovecot*/tmp > > > > Aki > > > > Hi, I tried to create manually /tmp/*systemd*dovecot*/tmp and I set 777 > on these directory. Restarted dovecot, nothing changed and the error is > the same. > > Trying to understand which is exactly the tmp directory used by dovecot, > I configured the variable mail_temp_dir, and I saw that dovecot used the > directory configured, which was different from /tmp. > > Under what conditions does dovecot use the temporary directory? > > Thank you and regards > > Fiorenza
You cannot create the directory by hand, it's managed by systemd. If you do not have that directory you are either not using systemd, or you have disabled PrivateTmp=yes. Dovecot uses mail_temp_dir when it needs to "buffer" data to disk when reading/writing mails. Aki
