dovecot - Apr 2012 - LMTP auth problem

hey all,  im  getting the following error:

Apr 14 14:29:44 lmtpdirector1 dovecot: auth: Error: passdb(scorpio,127.0.0.1):
Auth client doesn't have permissions to do a PASS lookup:
/var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb mode=0666, but not owned by UID 112(dovecot)
Apr 14 14:29:44 lmtpdirector1 dovecot: lmtp(18298): Error: user scorpio: Auth
PASS lookup failed


My config.  Director servers running both imap and lmtp with a matching set of
real servers accepting imap/lmtp. Imap is working fine, and has been working
fine for a while. Im trying to add lmtp to the director, but i cant seem to get
that working.  We're passing passdb on to the real servers. How does this
work with lmtp?

protocols = imap lmtp

protocol lmtp {
  auth_socket_path = director-userdb
}

lmtp_proxy = yes

# passdb check on real servers
passdb {
   driver = static
   args = proxy=y nopassword=y
}


Cor

Of course the moment I post I seem to have figured it out..

service auth {
  unix_listener auth-userdb {
    mode = 0777
  }
}

Is this safe if your servers are secure?

Cor

Am 14.04.2012 um 18:24 schrieb Cor Bosman:
> Apr 14 14:29:44 lmtpdirector1 dovecot: auth: Error:
passdb(scorpio,127.0.0.1): Auth client doesn't have permissions to do a PASS
lookup: /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb mode=0666, but not owned by UID
112(dovecot)
> Apr 14 14:29:44 lmtpdirector1 dovecot: lmtp(18298): Error: user scorpio:
Auth PASS lookup failed
I'd just try 'user = dovecot' rather than making it wide open
because that's what the log basically says.

$ doveconf -d | grep 'unix_listener auth-userdb' -A 4
  unix_listener auth-userdb {
    group = 
    mode = 0666
    user =  
  } 

Regards
Thomas
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> > Apr 14 14:29:44 lmtpdirector1 dovecot: auth: Error:
passdb(scorpio,127.0.0.1): Auth client doesn't have permissions to do a PASS
lookup: /var/run/dovecot/auth-userdb mode=0666, but not owned by UID
112(dovecot)
> > Apr 14 14:29:44 lmtpdirector1 dovecot: lmtp(18298): Error: user
scorpio: Auth PASS lookup failed
> 
> I'd just try 'user = dovecot' rather than making it wide open
because that's what the log basically says.
> 
> $ doveconf -d | grep 'unix_listener auth-userdb' -A 4
>   unix_listener auth-userdb {
>     group = 
>     mode = 0666
>     user =  
>   } 
> 
My config was the same as yours. That didnt work for me. But if I add
  
  user = dovecot 
  mode = 0666


That does work. Of course, the difference between 777 and 666 is
minimal. I think 666 is handled as a special case in the code?

Cor