In an attempt to allow rsync to backup email to another server in another location, I seem to have messed something up, but I'll be darned if I can find it.... I'd really appreciate any help. The user is attymatter. Attymatter's home is /attymatter/home/attymatter :
attymatter:x:1000:1000::/attymatter/home/attymatter:/bin/sh (from /etc/passwd) The error is: warning: maildir access problem for UID/GID=1000/1000: create maildir file /attymatter/home/attymatter/Maildir/tmp/1346111764.P8226.ip-10-86-18-6: Permission denied Aug 27 23:56:04postfix/local[8226]: warning: perhaps you need to create the maildirs in advance Aug 27 23:56:04postfix/local[8226]: 121C8B429D: to=<attymat...@aws2.unconundrum.com>, orig_to=<10...@princelaw.attymatter.com>, relay=local, delay=0.26, delays=0.24/0.01/0/0.01, dsn=5.2.0, status=bounced (maildir delivery failed: create maildir file /attymatter/home/attymatter/Maildir/tmp/1346111764.P8226.ip-10-86-18-6: Permission denied) and dovecot: chdir(/attymatter/home/attymatter) failed with uid 1000: Permission denied user with UID 1000 is attymatter [root]# su attymatter sh-4.1$ id uid=1000(attymatter) gid=1000(attymatter) groups=1000(attymatter) Stat for /attymatter/home/attymatter/Maildir/tmp: [root@ip-10-86-18-6 attymatter]# su attymatter sh-4.1$ stat /attymatter/home/attymatter/Maildir/tmp/ File: `/attymatter/home/attymatter/Maildir/tmp/' Size: 6 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: ca80h/51840d Inode: 577803008 Links: 2 Access: (0770/drwxrwx---) Uid: ( 1000/attymatter) Gid: ( 505/ editors) Access: 2012-08-27 09:30:00.629979113 +0000 Modify: 2012-08-28 00:27:14.672084869 +0000 Change: 2012-08-28 00:27:14.672084869 +0000 I can create a file there: sh-4.1$ touch /attymatter/home/attymatter/Maildir/tmp/test sh-4.1$ cd /attymatter/home/attymatter/Maildir/tmp/ sh-4.1$ ls -lah total 4.0K drwxrwx--- 2 attymatter editors 17 Aug 28 00:29 . drwxrwx--- 16 attymatter editors 4.0K Aug 27 12:30 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 attymatter attymatter 0 Aug 28 00:29 test main.cnf: alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases append_dot_mydomain = no biff = no command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix data_directory = /var/lib/postfix debug_peer_level = 5 debug_peer_list = attymatter.com, princelaw.com, unconundrum.com home_mailbox = Maildir/ html_directory = no inet_interfaces = all mail_owner = postfix mailbox_size_limit = 0 mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq manpage_directory = /usr/local/man message_size_limit = 0 mydestination = domU-12-31-38-01-61-61.compute-1.internal/, localhost.compute-1.internal, localhost, $myhostname, $mydomain myhostname = aws2.unconundrum.com mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix readme_directory = no recipient_delimiter = + relayhost = mail.princelaw.com sample_directory = /etc/postfix sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail setgid_group = postdrop smtp_connect_timeout = 240s smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) smtpd_tls_ask_ccert = yes smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key smtpd_tls_security_level = may smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/virtual_mailbox_domains Thanks again in advance