Frank Bonnet put forth on 2/15/2010 3:10 AM: > On 02/12/10 18:25, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> Frank Bonnet put forth on 2/12/2010 10:05 AM: >>> Hello all ( Postfix and Dovecot ) >>> >>> Trying to use deliver as mailbox_command with Postfix I get this >>> error each time an email is arriving >>> >>> deliver(xxxxxxxx): Error: file_dotlock_create(/var/mail/xxxxxxxx) >>> failed: Permission denied (euid=3003(xxxxxxxx) egid=3010(smig) missing >>> +w perm: /var/mail) (set mail_privileged_group=mail) >>> >>> Doea this means I have to chmod 777 the /var/mail directory ?
No. And never use 777. Avoid it at all costs. > Well I do use sieve to let Roundcube build email filters ... In that case I believe the answer is possibly in the error message itself: (set mail_privileged_group=mail) >From /etc/dovecot/dovecot/conf: # Group to enable temporarily for privileged operations. Currently this is # used only with INBOX when either its initial creation or dotlocking fails. # Typically this is set to "mail" to give access to /var/mail. mail_privileged_group = mail It appears your deliver process isn't running with the proper credentials to allow writing (+w in the err) to the user mail files. The error message, I believe, is telling you to set mail_privileged_group=mail in dovecot.conf Give that a shot and see if it fixes the problem. BTW, did this problem crop up on a production system, out of the blue? If so, did you make any changes, and what changes did you make? Or is this a new system and you're just setting it up? Or did you just switch from Postfix local delivery to dovecot LDA and the problems started? -- Stan
