> On 04/01/2022 08:04 Ken Wright <daddywarl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I've got a new Dovecot error (well, new to me, at least)!
>
> I ran tail /var/log/mail.err and got the following:
>
> net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission
> denied
>
> I checked the file, and it's owned by www-data and the www-data group,
> with read and write permissions for owner and group... just like I have
> specified in /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf. I can't understand
> why permission is denied when the file permissions appear to be
> correct. Can anyone shed any light on this for me?
>
> Ubuntu 20.04
> Dovecot 2.3.7.2
>
> Ken
www-data? Why?
Anyways, this is a known issue, use
service stats {
unix_listener stats-writer {
mode = 0666
}
}
to work around it. don't set ownership on it.
Aki
