Hi, I would very much appreciate some help since I get one step ahead and two backwardswith my installation. I am using usernames not (not) in the form of user at domain.tld. Simply a string. The error I get. +++ Jan 12 08:36:31 f42252se dovecot: pop3(avadmin at av.loc): Error: user avadmin at av.loc: Initialization failed: Initializing mail s?lo c ?torage from mail_location setting failed: Ambiguous mail location setting, don't know what to do with it: /home/vmail/avadmin/? Ja?Maildir/ (try prefixing it with mbox: or maildir:) ?id )=?Jan 12 08:36:31 f42252se dovecot: pop3(avadmin at av.loc): Error: Invalid user settings. Refer to server log for more information? Ja?. +++ I guess it must have to do something with permissions. Butwhere and which. My config: +++ # 2.0.19: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS auth_debug = yes auth_mechanisms = plain login cram-md5 auth_username_format = %Lu hostname = mail.av.loc mail_gid = vmail mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir mail_privileged_group = vmail mail_uid = vmail managesieve_notify_capability = mailto managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave passdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocols = imap pop3 service auth { unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { group = postfix mode = 0600 user = postfix } unix_listener auth-userdb { group = vmail mode = 0600 user = vmail } } ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_cipher_list ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:ALL:!aNULL:!ADH:!eNULL:!EXP:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem syslog_facility = avdove userdb { args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext driver = ldap } protocol lda { sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail } +++ Please give me ahint! -- Signatur Averlon info Mit freundlichen Gr??en / Kind Regards Karl-Heinz Fischbach -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 3887 bytes Desc: S/MIME Kryptografische Unterschrift URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20130112/a86684ba/attachment-0004.bin>
Am 12.01.2013 08:40, schrieb Averlon: Hi,> setting, don't know what to do with it: /home/vmail/avadmin/? > Ja?Maildir/ (try prefixing it with mbox: or > maildir:)What is $HOME in your LDAP-records?> I guess it must have to do something with permissions. Butwhere and which.No, Looks like there are broken informations in your home-attribute in LDAP. Have a look at dovecot.conf.ext and/or in your LDAP settings. Activate mail_debug=yes in your config and have a look in your logfile. What does "doveadm user avadmin at av.loc" looks like? Peer -- Heinlein Support GmbH Schwedter Str. 8/9b, 10119 Berlin http://www.heinlein-support.de Tel: 030 / 405051-42 Fax: 030 / 405051-19 Zwangsangaben lt. ?35a GmbHG: HRB 93818 B / Amtsgericht Berlin-Charlottenburg, Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Peer Heinlein -- Sitz: Berlin