dovecot - Jan 2009 - Default mbox file ownership and permissions with static userdb

Hi there!

I'm using Dovecot 1.1.7 in a simple setup with a static userdb:

  userdb:
    driver: static
    args: uid=50018 gid=50019 home=/home/dovemail

When my users create folders via IMAP, the ownership of the mbox file is
user dovemail, group dovemail, and permissions are 600. I'd like this to
change to user dovemail, group doveusers, permissions 660, but I can't
figure out a way to do it. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

-- 
Cheers,
Christian

On Jan 16, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Christian Kreibich wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I'm using Dovecot 1.1.7 in a simple setup with a static userdb:
>
>  userdb:
>    driver: static
>    args: uid=50018 gid=50019 home=/home/dovemail
Instead of numbers you can here also use uid=dovemail gid=doveusers
> When my users create folders via IMAP, the ownership of the mbox  
> file is
> user dovemail, group dovemail, and permissions are 600. I'd like  
> this to
> change to user dovemail, group doveusers, permissions 660, but I can't
> figure out a way to do it. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
You'll get doveusers group by changing the gid to doveusers. To get  
660 permissions you can set umask=07 in dovecot.conf. The umask  
changing is kind of a kludge and not really recommended, but currently  
there's no better way. It may also change other files (but not all) to  
use 660 permissions.