On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Eduardo Ramos <edua...@freedominterface.org> wrote: > Hi Jeffrey, > > Are you using selinux? Is it possÃble that selinux is blocking your write? > Look at /var/log/audit/audit.log. Thanks Eduardo.
This is Debian 7.4, i686. No selinux, and no /var/log/audit/ directory. (There is one /var/log/auth.log). Jeff > On 04/03/2014 08:26 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: >> >> I've been suffering a permission problem in Postfix/Dovecot for a >> couple of days now. The setup is using virtual domains and users, so >> the path to user's `home` is `/var/mail/<domain>/<user>`; and the path >> to `MailDir` is `/var/mail/<domain>/<user>/MailDir` >> >> The mail logs continue to show a *Permission Denied*: >> >> Apr 3 05:44:16 debian-x2 postfix/virtual[5670]: D6DDD1780100: >> to=<j...@deltoid.com>, >> relay=virtual, delay=0.15, delays=0.1/0.01/0/0.04, dsn=4.2.0, >> status=deferred >> (maildir delivery failed: create maildir file >> /var/mail/deltoid.com/jeff/Maildir/tmp/1396518256.P5670.debian-x2: >> Permission denied) >> >> Permissions are as follows: >> >> # ls -l /var/mail/ >> total 96 >> drw-rws--- 4 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 2 18:19 deltoid.com >> -rw-rw---- 1 nobody mail 80586 Apr 2 07:45 nobody >> >> # ls -l /var/mail/deltoid.com/ >> total 12 >> drw-rws--- 3 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 3 04:47 jeff >> drw-rws--- 3 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 3 04:47 support >> -rw-rws--- 1 vmail vmail 122 Apr 2 03:33 users >> >> # ls -l /var/mail/deltoid.com/jeff/ >> total 4 >> drw-rws--- 2 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 3 04:47 Maildir >> >> `vmail` is both a user and group, and its set to `id` 5000: >> >> # id -u vmail >> 5000 >> >> `postfix` and `dovecot` are both in the `vmail` group: >> >> # members vmail >> vmail postfix dovecot >> >> And Postfix's configuration is shown below. >> >> I have a little script that attempts to set the proper permission >> bits, but its apparently wrong: >> >> # Ensure permissions are set on directories >> chown -R vmail:vmail /var/mail/*.com >> chmod -R 0660 /var/mail/*.com >> chmod -R g+rwxs /var/mail/*.com >> # chown -R dovecot:dovecot /var/mail/*.com/users >> >> I got the `chmod -R g+rwxs` from SuperUser questions on setting >> directory permissions and having subdirectories and files inherit >> those permissions (for example, >> >> http://superuser.com/questions/264383/set-file-permissions-so-that-new-files-inherit-same-permissions, >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/580584/setting-default-permissions-for-newly-created-files-and-sub-directories-under-a, >> and >> http://superuser.com/questions/151911/how-to-make-new-file-permission-inherit-from-the-parent-directory). >> >> Two questions: >> >> 1. What is wrong with the current permissions? >> >> 2. What are the permissions supposed to be? >> >> My apologies for the basic question. Many of the blog posts, tutorials >> and Mini-HowTos are just not working as advertised. >> >> Thanks in advance.
