dovecot - Jan 2019 - Error: User bob@aaa.bbb doesn't have home dir set, disabling duplicate database

I made a mistake when I moved dovecot to a new server and only specified 
mail_location instead of mail_home

All I have in 10-mail.conf is

---------

mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/mailboxes/%d/%n

------------


All emails for the few accounts I have are in these mailboxes and I can 
get/see them via my mail client

I do, however, get the following error

--------------------

imap(bob at aaa.bbb): Error: User bob at aaa.bbb doesn't have home dir set, 
disabling duplicate database

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After looking at https://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home I tried the 
following

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mail_home = /home/vmail/mailboxes/%d/%n

mail_location = maildir:~/mail

------------------------------


Problem with this is that I now can't see any of my emails in the client.

Appreciate any help on how to fix this.

Thanks

Op 11/01/2019 om 15:27 schreef subscription1:
> I made a mistake when I moved dovecot to a new server and only 
> specified mail_location instead of mail_home
>
> All I have in 10-mail.conf is
>
> ---------
> mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/mailboxes/%d/%n
> ------------
>
> All emails for the few accounts I have are in these mailboxes and I 
> can get/see them via my mail client
>
> I do, however, get the following error
> --------------------
> imap(bob at aaa.bbb): Error: User bob at aaa.bbb doesn't have home dir
set,
> disabling duplicate database
> -------------------
>
> After looking at https://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home I tried 
> the following
> --------------------------------
> mail_home = /home/vmail/mailboxes/%d/%n
>
> mail_location = maildir:~/mail
> ------------------------------
>
> Problem with this is that I now can't see any of my emails in the
client.
>
> Appreciate any help on how to fix this.
Well, you changed the effective maildir directory to 
/home/vmail/mailboxes/%d/%n/mail. So, if you want to use it like that, 
you'll have to move the maildir for each user to that new path template.

Regards,

Stephan.

Yes, that is what I did and it all works apart from the error message on 
the server about the missing home dir

The doc seems to indicate that a home dir is needed.

Thanks,

Leo

On 12/1/19 8:42 pm, Stephan Bosch wrote:
>
> Op 11/01/2019 om 15:27 schreef subscription1:
>> I made a mistake when I moved dovecot to a new server and only 
>> specified mail_location instead of mail_home
>>
>> All I have in 10-mail.conf is
>>
>> ---------
>> mail_location = maildir:/home/vmail/mailboxes/%d/%n
>> ------------
>>
>> All emails for the few accounts I have are in these mailboxes and I 
>> can get/see them via my mail client
>>
>> I do, however, get the following error
>> --------------------
>> imap(bob at aaa.bbb): Error: User bob at aaa.bbb doesn't have home
dir set,
>> disabling duplicate database
>> -------------------
>>
>> After looking at https://wiki2.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home I tried 
>> the following
>> --------------------------------
>> mail_home = /home/vmail/mailboxes/%d/%n
>>
>> mail_location = maildir:~/mail
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Problem with this is that I now can't see any of my emails in the 
>> client.
>>
>> Appreciate any help on how to fix this.
>
> Well, you changed the effective maildir directory to 
> /home/vmail/mailboxes/%d/%n/mail. So, if you want to use it like that, 
> you'll have to move the maildir for each user to that new path
template.
>
> Regards,
>
> Stephan.
>