dovecot - Aug 2015 - How to import an mbox to an existing user as a new mailbox

On 9 Aug 2015, at 8:46, Benny Pedersen wrote:
> Paul Hoffman skrev den 2015-08-09 17:40:
>
>> Initializing mail storage from mail_location parameter failed: mbox:
>> mbox root directory can't be a file
>>
>> Which bit am I missing here?
>
> sudo doveadm import -u Foo mbox:/home/phoffman/project1/ "Project
1"
> all
>
> untested
When I try this:

    Fatal: Import namespace initialization failed: Initializing mail 
storage from mail_location parameter failed: 
mkdir(/home/phoffman/project1) failed: Permission denied 
(euid=1013(phoffprop) egid=1013(phoffprop) missing +w perm: 
/home/phoffman, dir owned by 1001:1001 mode=0755)

Does this error indicate that it is trying to write to the mbox file 
instead of reading it? If so, why?

--Paul Hoffman

Paul Hoffman skrev den 2015-08-09 20:20:
>    Fatal: Import namespace initialization failed: Initializing mail
> storage from mail_location parameter failed:
> mkdir(/home/phoffman/project1) failed: Permission denied
> (euid=1013(phoffprop) egid=1013(phoffprop) missing +w perm:
> /home/phoffman, dir owned by 1001:1001 mode=0755)
> 
> Does this error indicate that it is trying to write to the mbox file
> instead of reading it? If so, why?
nope, you have to tell dovecot auth backend more how to write to homedir 
of 'id proffprop'

uid and gid does not match

as i read it, proffprop have uid 1001 and dovecot tryed to write to 1013

search that error and solve it

On 08/09/15 13:36, Benny Pedersen wrote:
> Paul Hoffman skrev den 2015-08-09 20:20:
>
>>    Fatal: Import namespace initialization failed: Initializing mail
>> storage from mail_location parameter failed:
>> mkdir(/home/phoffman/project1) failed: Permission denied
>> (euid=1013(phoffprop) egid=1013(phoffprop) missing +w perm:
>> /home/phoffman, dir owned by 1001:1001 mode=0755)
>>
>> Does this error indicate that it is trying to write to the mbox file
>> instead of reading it? If so, why?
>
> nope, you have to tell dovecot auth backend more how to write to 
> homedir of 'id proffprop'
>
> uid and gid does not match
>
> as i read it, proffprop have uid 1001 and dovecot tryed to write to 1013
>
> search that error and solve it
There are prob. a lot of ways around this, but the easiest would most 
likely be something like:
# chmod o+w /home/phoffman