> On 22/09/2023 12:27 EEST sahsanu via dovecot <dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I'm using Dovecot 2.3.19.1 and Pigeonhole 0.5.19 on Debian 12.1 and I'm > trying to use sieve extensions vacation and redirect but I'm having > issues because of the creation of file /home/USER/.dovecot.lda-dupes and > dir /home/USER/.dovecot.lda-dupes.locks > > The error in logs is pretty clear, lda doesn't have perms to create any > of them because /home/USER/ is owned by root > # namei -mo /home/user2/ > f: /home/user2/ > drwxr-xr-x root root / > drwxr-xr-x root root home > drwxr-xr-x root root user2 >
Dovecot expects mail user's home to be writable. If your home is not writable by the user, you need to set mail_home=~/mail/ or something and make that directory writable to dovecot, e.g. with chown. Aki _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org