> On 27/05/2021 22:24 Jeff Abrahamson <j...@p27.eu> wrote: > > > I've started seeing the following error in mail.err for precisely one user on > precisely one domain: > > > Error: mkdir(/var/mail/vmail//jeff/mail) failed: Permission denied > > (euid=1000(jeff) egid=1001(jeff) missing +w perm: /var/mail/vmail/, dir > > owned by 4000:4000 mode=0755) > > Error: Mailbox INBOX: Failed to autocreate mailbox: Internal error occurred. > In mail.log I see a bit more: > > Warning: Failed to parse address from `From_'-line: Missing domain > > Error: mkdir(/var/mail/vmail//jeff/mail) failed: Permission denied > > (euid=1000(jeff) egid=1001(jeff) missing +w perm: /var/mail/vmail/, dir > > owned by 4000:4000 mode=0755) > > Error: mkdir(/var/mail/vmail//jeff/mail) failed: Permission denied > > (euid=1000(jeff) egid=1001(jeff) missing +w perm: /var/mail/vmail/, dir > > owned by 4000:4000 mode=0755) > > Error: Mailbox INBOX: Failed to autocreate mailbox: Internal error > > occurred. Refer to server log for more information. > > save failed to open mailbox INBOX: Mailbox INBOX: Failed to autocreate > > mailbox: Internal error occurred. > > > And yet there's no apparent problem sending and receiving mail for user jeff, > for all domains handled by the server. Other users have no issues. The > /var/mail/vmail/ hierarchy is all owned by vmail:vmail (4000:4000) and > directories are all 0755. > I suspect a red herring except it's been continuing for a week now. I was > reading this page (following some searching), but it doesn't seem pertinent > in the end. > > https://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/mbox#A.2BAC8-var.2BAC8-mail.2BAC8_dotlocks > > > Any suggestions what this might be? > > -- > Jeff Abrahamson > +33 6 24 40 01 57 > +44 7920 594 255 > > http://p27.eu/jeff/ > http://mobilitains.fr/
This indicates your mail process is being ran as jeff:jeff instead of vmail:vmail. Can you try `doveadm auth test yourusername` and `doveadm user yourusername` to ensure you are not ending up with uid=jeff gid=jeff somehow? Aki
