Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): open(/var/spool/mail/dakota.lock) failed: P ermission denied Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file / var/spool/mail/dakota: Permission denied Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): open(/var/spool/mail/dakota.lock) failed: P ermission denied Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file / var/spool/mail/dakota: Permission denied Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3: I/O leak: 0x8050b08 (0) Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3: I/O leak: 0x807c2b4 (1) Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3: Timeout leak: 0x8062520 id dovecot uid=97(dovecot) gid=12(mail) grupos=12(mail) [root at dakota root]# su dovecot bash-2.05b$ touch /var/spool/mail/dakota.lock bash-2.05b$ ls -la /var/spool/mail/dakota.lock -rw-r--r-- 1 dovecot mail 0 jun 8 23:16 /var/spool/mail/dakota.lock bash-2.05b$ i have probed all options ... dovecot no create the lock, the user dovecot works, but no the program i need help for this problem.. :( regards dakota at dakotabcn.net Administrador Servidor dakotabcn.net LINUX Registrered USER 93707 :) P.o Box 579 08913 Badalona (Barcelona) SPAIN firmas GnuPG en http://pgp.escomposlinux.org/ dakota at menta.net || dakota at escomposlinux.org - Equipos PIV 2.2 Ghz - 1.5 Gb RAM - W-XP Pro Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz - 1 Gb Ram - Linux Fedora Core 1 Firma para spammers: test at spamout.com.ar (no usar!!!)
* Javi Pardo (DAKOTA) <dakota at menta.net> (20040608 23:22):> Jun 8 23:14:09 dakota pop3(dakota): open(/var/spool/mail/dakota.lock) failed: P > ermission denied[ ... ]> i have probed all options ... dovecot no create the lock, the user dovecot works, but no the programAs you can see from the log line, the pop3 process runs under the `dakota' identity, not the `dovecot' identity. The user dakota cannot create a lock file. What are the permissions of the /var/spool/mail directory? -- olive