hi all, i am using debian etch with dovecot imap (version 1.0.rc15-2) and mysql-database for the virtual mailuser. all informations (username, password, mailbox format, mailbox location, quota) are find in the sql. the maildir are locates at /home/vmail/, every is working fine. now i want to use imap for the system user as well - at the moment they cant user imap because they are not find in the sql db. so i set a second userdb/passwd in the dovecot.conf for the local system-user. now the config says: auth default { passdb passwd-file { args = /etc/dovecot/localuser } passdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } userdb passwd-file { args = /etc/dovecot/localuser } userdb sql { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf } } and /etc/dovecot/localuser looks: localuser1:password:1000:1000::/home/localuser1::userdb_mail=mbox:~/Mail:INBOX=~/Mail/incoming now the local user is able to authenticate, but cant acces his mailboxes the logfile says: host dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<localuser1>,method=PLAIN, rip=195.xxx.xxx.xxx, lip=193.yyy.yyy.yyy, TLS host dovecot: IMAP(tbals): lstat(/home/vmail//localuser1/cur) failed: Permission denied host dovecot: IMAP(tbals): lstat(/home/vmail/shared) failed: Permission denied it seems dovevot ignore the settings in /etc/dovecot/localuser. could someone help? regards thomas -- thomas balsfulland tbals at ctrl-c.de zwischen mut und dummheit liegt nur ein grat der sich durch das vorbereitetsein unterscheidet