dovecot - May 2014 - dovecot: lda(foo): Error: User foo doesn't have home dir set, disabling duplicate database

Hello everyone,

I have a small problem with dovecot installed on ubuntu-13.10. I use 
dovcot as LDA with a LDAP-passdb and a pam-passdb. The userdb is static. 
A mail to LDAP-user 'foo' is delivered with the error-message

dovecot: lda(foo): Error: User foo doesn't have home dir set, disabling 
duplicate database

A mail to the pam-user 'bar' will deliverd without this error. But both 
users should work with the static-userdb. Where is my mistake?

Greetings
Christian

dovecot --version
2.1.7
############################################ my dovecot.conf
# 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.11.0-22-generic i686 Ubuntu 13.10 ext4
disable_plaintext_auth = no
first_valid_uid = 107
last_valid_uid = 109
listen = *
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
mail_home = /var/mail/%u
mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir
managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character
vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy
include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave
passdb {
   args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
   driver = ldap
}
passdb {
   driver = pam
}
plugin {
   sieve = /var/mail/%u/dovecot.sieve
   sieve_before = /etc/dovecot/sieve.global/spamfilter.sieve
}
protocols = imap pop3 sieve
service auth {
   user = root
}
service managesieve-login {
   inet_listener sieve {
     port = 2000
   }
}
ssl_cert = </etc/exim4/exim.crt
ssl_key = </etc/exim4/exim.key
syslog_facility = local0
userdb {
   args = home=/var/mail/%u uid=Debian-exim gid=Debian-exim
   driver = static
}
protocol pop3 {
   pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}
protocol lda {
   auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
   hostname = ods2.schule.de
   mail_plugins = sieve
   postmaster_address = postmaster
   sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
}
############################## my dovecot-ldap.conf
uris = ldaps://my.ldap.host.edu
dn = chief
dnpass = secret
auth_bind = yes
ldap_version = 3
base = ou=Personen,DC=my,DC=ldap,DC=host,DC=eu
scope = subtree
pass_filter =
(&(objectClass=user)(cn=%u)(memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=cn=Mail,ou=Gruppen,DC=my,DC=ldap,DC=host,DC=eu))

On 05/31/2014 03:04 PM Christian Hoffmann wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have a small problem with dovecot installed on ubuntu-13.10. I use 
> dovcot as LDA with a LDAP-passdb and a pam-passdb. The userdb is static. 
> A mail to LDAP-user 'foo' is delivered with the error-message
> 
> dovecot: lda(foo): Error: User foo doesn't have home dir set, disabling
> duplicate database
Your LDAP based userdb doesn't return the home directory for user foo.
The LDAP lookup should return the home directory. See
http://wiki2.dovecot.org/UserDatabase

And even for virtual users you should have a home directory for each
virtual user. See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home
> A mail to the pam-user 'bar' will deliverd without this error. But
both
> users should work with the static-userdb. Where is my mistake?
Because the userdb returns the home directory of the system user bar.


Regards,
Pascal
-- 
The trapper recommends today: c01dcofe.1415119 at localdomain.org

Hello,

some config-trys later:

I have to set allow_all_users=yes in the userdb with driver=static:

|userdb {
   args = home=/var/mail/%u uid=Debian-exim
gid=Debian-exim|||allow_all_users=yes|
   driver = static
}|

Have a good time
Christian

||

Am 31.05.2014 17:04, schrieb Christian Hoffmann:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a small problem with dovecot installed on ubuntu-13.10. I use 
> dovcot as LDA with a LDAP-passdb and a pam-passdb. The userdb is 
> static. A mail to LDAP-user 'foo' is delivered with the
error-message
>
> dovecot: lda(foo): Error: User foo doesn't have home dir set, 
> disabling duplicate database
>
> A mail to the pam-user 'bar' will deliverd without this error. But 
> both users should work with the static-userdb. Where is my mistake?
>
> Greetings
> Christian
>
> dovecot --version
> 2.1.7
> ############################################ my dovecot.conf
> # 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> # OS: Linux 3.11.0-22-generic i686 Ubuntu 13.10 ext4
> disable_plaintext_auth = no
> first_valid_uid = 107
> last_valid_uid = 109
> listen = *
> log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S "
> mail_home = /var/mail/%u
> mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%u/Maildir
> managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
> managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope 
> encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric 
> relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify 
> environment mailbox date ihave
> passdb {
>   args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
>   driver = ldap
> }
> passdb {
>   driver = pam
> }
> plugin {
>   sieve = /var/mail/%u/dovecot.sieve
>   sieve_before = /etc/dovecot/sieve.global/spamfilter.sieve
> }
> protocols = imap pop3 sieve
> service auth {
>   user = root
> }
> service managesieve-login {
>   inet_listener sieve {
>     port = 2000
>   }
> }
> ssl_cert = </etc/exim4/exim.crt
> ssl_key = </etc/exim4/exim.key
> syslog_facility = local0
> userdb {
>   args = home=/var/mail/%u uid=Debian-exim gid=Debian-exim
>   driver = static
> }
> protocol pop3 {
>   pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
> }
> protocol lda {
>   auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
>   hostname = ods2.schule.de
>   mail_plugins = sieve
>   postmaster_address = postmaster
>   sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
> }
> ############################## my dovecot-ldap.conf
> uris = ldaps://my.ldap.host.edu
> dn = chief
> dnpass = secret
> auth_bind = yes
> ldap_version = 3
> base = ou=Personen,DC=my,DC=ldap,DC=host,DC=eu
> scope = subtree
> pass_filter = 
>
(&(objectClass=user)(cn=%u)(memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=cn=Mail,ou=Gruppen,DC=my,DC=ldap,DC=host,DC=eu))