dovecot - Nov 2005 - Multiple authentication databases and storage locations

Hello Everyone,

I am playing with the $subject matter using 1.0alpha4, and thanks to the
archives, I lifted this one from Alexander Shikoff off and used it in my
setup.

 auth default {
         mechanisms = plain
         user = root
         passdb pam {
                 args = pop3
         }
         passdb sql {
                 args = /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf
         }
         userdb passwd {
         }
         userdb sql {
                 args = /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf
         }
 }


It seems to work, but I have virtual users as well as system users.
System accounts have their mail stored as follows:

default_mail_env = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir

While virtual users have this:

default_mail_env = maildir:/htdocs/virtual/spool/%d/%u/Maildir


Now, virtual users can login because I have used their $default_mail_env
in my configuration.

I am stuck how to get system users to successfully access their e-mails.
Here is the error I get:

beastie# telnet 0 110
Trying 0.0.0.0...
Connected to 0.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Welcome. Dovecot is Ready to serve.
user wash
+OK
pass a_verysecret1
+OK Logged in.
-ERR No INBOX for user.
Connection closed by foreign host.


In the log file, here is what I see:

dovecot: Nov 19 23:22:11 Error: pop3(wash):
mkdir(/htdocs/virtual/spool//wash/Maildir/cur) failed: Permission denied
dovecot: Nov 19 23:22:11 Error: pop3(wash):
mkdir(/htdocs/virtual/spool//wash/Maildir/cur) failed: Permission denied
dovecot: Nov 19 23:22:11 Error: pop3(wash): Couldn't open INBOX: Internal
error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.

... which is wrong, since mail for user "wash" is in
/home/wash/Maildir.

How do I make dovecot work in this situation?

Thanks in advance.



-Wash

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I hate to do this, but I seem to have stumbled on the answer as soon
as I hit "send". Is it correct that setting default_mail_env to an
empty string is the solution???



* On 19/11/05 23:05 +0300, Wash wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I am playing with the $subject matter using 1.0alpha4, and thanks to the
> archives, I lifted this one from Alexander Shikoff off and used it in my
> setup.
> 
>  auth default {
>          mechanisms = plain
>          user = root
>          passdb pam {
>                  args = pop3
>          }
>          passdb sql {
>                  args = /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf
>          }
>          userdb passwd {
>          }
>          userdb sql {
>                  args = /usr/local/dovecot/etc/dovecot-mysql.conf
>          }
>  }
> 
> 
> It seems to work, but I have virtual users as well as system users.
> System accounts have their mail stored as follows:
> 
> default_mail_env = maildir:/home/%u/Maildir
> 
> While virtual users have this:
> 
> default_mail_env = maildir:/htdocs/virtual/spool/%d/%u/Maildir
> 
> 
> Now, virtual users can login because I have used their $default_mail_env
> in my configuration.
> 
> I am stuck how to get system users to successfully access their e-mails.
> Here is the error I get:
> 
> beastie# telnet 0 110
> Trying 0.0.0.0...
> Connected to 0.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> +OK Welcome. Dovecot is Ready to serve.
> user wash
> +OK
> pass a_verysecret1
> +OK Logged in.
> -ERR No INBOX for user.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> 
> In the log file, here is what I see:
> 
> dovecot: Nov 19 23:22:11 Error: pop3(wash):
mkdir(/htdocs/virtual/spool//wash/Maildir/cur) failed: Permission denied
> dovecot: Nov 19 23:22:11 Error: pop3(wash):
mkdir(/htdocs/virtual/spool//wash/Maildir/cur) failed: Permission denied
> dovecot: Nov 19 23:22:11 Error: pop3(wash): Couldn't open INBOX:
Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information.
> 
> ... which is wrong, since mail for user "wash" is in
/home/wash/Maildir.
> 
> How do I make dovecot work in this situation?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> -Wash
> 
> http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html
> 
> --
> +======================================================================+
>     |\      _,,,---,,_     | Odhiambo Washington    <wash at
wananchi.com>
> Zzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd.  
www.wananchi.com
>    |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9  +254 20 313922
>   '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)     | GSM: +254 722 743223  
+254 733 744121
> +======================================================================+
> "... the Mayo Clinic, named after its founder, Dr. Ted Clinic
..."
> 		-- Dave Barry
-Wash

http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

--
+======================================================================+
    |\      _,,,---,,_     | Odhiambo Washington    <wash at wananchi.com>
Zzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd.   www.wananchi.com
   |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9  +254 20 313922
  '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)     | GSM: +254 722 743223   +254 733
744121
+======================================================================+
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