On 1/6/2016 3:29 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:> On 05 Jan 2016, at 15:36, Bill Shirley <Bill at knoxvillechristian.org> wrote: >> >> [0:root at elmo ~]$ rpm -q dovecot >> dovecot-2.2.18-2.fc22.x86_64 >> >> I got a surprise today when I tried the doveadm search function from: >> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/Expire >> >> [0:root at elmo ~]$ doveadm search -A mailbox Trash savedbefore 30d >> doveadm(clamscan): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace '': mkdir(//Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=982(clamscan) egid=289(clamscan) missing +w perm: /, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0555) >> doveadm(clamscan): Error: User init failed >> doveadm(nm-openconnect): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace '': mkdir(//Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=986(nm-openconnect) egid=293(nm-openconnect) missing +w perm: /, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0555) >> doveadm(nm-openconnect): Error: User init failed >> doveadm(openvpn): Error: User initialization failed: Namespace '': mkdir(/etc/openvpn/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=987(openvpn) egid=296(openvpn) missing +w perm: /etc/openvpn, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0755) >> doveadm(openvpn): Error: User init failed >> .. plus several more >> >> I wouldn't think the search function (or any operation) would try to create mailboxes. These are system user ids >> that don't have or need mailboxes. >> >> Is this correct? > > It's intentional and difficult to change. If you're using system users, you can restrict the list of users that apply to -A. I think just setting first_valid_uid high enough to not match system users' UIDs will solve it. >Yes, I'll probably change my first_valid_uid to a higher number. Currently vmail is 399 since I've been running Linux for ages. Thankfully there is 'find'. Gotta change the MySQL table too. I really do appreciate Dovecot and all the work that goes into it. That being said, I don't think 'search' should create any files or directories. I just wanted to see how much trash is on the system. If you wanted to check 'CorpNews' which a few users have, after running 'search' now everyone has it. The man page doesn't mention that 'search' updates anything. I provide this feedback because Dovecot is great software and want it to continue to be. BTW, now I have: /var/cache/akmods/Maildir/.Trash /var/cache/akmods/Maildir/.Trash/cur /var/cache/akmods/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot-uidlist /var/cache/akmods/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot.index.log /var/cache/akmods/Maildir/.Trash/maildirfolder /var/cache/akmods/Maildir/.Trash/new /var/cache/akmods/Maildir/.Trash/tmp /var/lib/chrony/Maildir/.Trash /var/lib/chrony/Maildir/.Trash/cur /var/lib/chrony/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot-uidlist /var/lib/chrony/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot.index.log /var/lib/chrony/Maildir/.Trash/maildirfolder /var/lib/chrony/Maildir/.Trash/new /var/lib/chrony/Maildir/.Trash/tmp /var/lib/clamav/Maildir/.Trash /var/lib/clamav/Maildir/.Trash/cur /var/lib/clamav/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot-uidlist /var/lib/clamav/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot.index.log /var/lib/clamav/Maildir/.Trash/maildirfolder /var/lib/clamav/Maildir/.Trash/new /var/lib/clamav/Maildir/.Trash/tmp /var/lib/colord/Maildir/.Trash /var/lib/colord/Maildir/.Trash/cur /var/lib/colord/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot-uidlist /var/lib/colord/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot.index.log /var/lib/colord/Maildir/.Trash/maildirfolder /var/lib/colord/Maildir/.Trash/new /var/lib/colord/Maildir/.Trash/tmp /var/lib/geoclue/Maildir/.Trash /var/lib/geoclue/Maildir/.Trash/cur /var/lib/geoclue/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot-uidlist /var/lib/geoclue/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot.index.log /var/lib/geoclue/Maildir/.Trash/maildirfolder /var/lib/geoclue/Maildir/.Trash/new /var/lib/geoclue/Maildir/.Trash/tmp /var/lib/sddm/Maildir/.Trash /var/lib/sddm/Maildir/.Trash/cur /var/lib/sddm/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot-uidlist /var/lib/sddm/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot.index.log /var/lib/sddm/Maildir/.Trash/maildirfolder /var/lib/sddm/Maildir/.Trash/new /var/lib/sddm/Maildir/.Trash/tmp /var/lib/setroubleshoot/Maildir/.Trash /var/lib/setroubleshoot/Maildir/.Trash/cur /var/lib/setroubleshoot/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot-uidlist /var/lib/setroubleshoot/Maildir/.Trash/dovecot.index.log /var/lib/setroubleshoot/Maildir/.Trash/maildirfolder /var/lib/setroubleshoot/Maildir/.Trash/new /var/lib/setroubleshoot/Maildir/.Trash/tmp Thankfully there is 'rm -rf <dir>'. Again, many thanks, Bill
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 6 Jan 2016, Bill Shirley wrote:> The man page doesn't mention that 'search' updates anything.SEARCH has to open the Maildir. Dovecot has the feature to create mailboxes on the fly on access, not only on write accesses. If Dovecot wouldn't, you would get lots of "Invalid Mailbox" errors, because -A enumerates users, you want to skip. Actually, if you cannot limit -A with Timo's hints, you might try to override the userdb setting via -o command line options with a passwd-file, in which you list only "valid" users.> BTW, now I have: > /var/cache/akmods/Maildir/.Trashyou probably have autocreate for Trash? But you will see Maildir for all users anyway. - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEVAwUBVo4SM3z1H7kL/d9rAQJtRwgAiCprUdix0RuNeeET9eL/LiKhJi2bc8nV tX4VXXzCmFnhq8NkWnEOj24aFVeHNxPMXqdbDdIiEQ5zecGQhDxF02VYwTSkOdme PmSxtf8hHUWUtqx8Lqv99hz6fV+OEHHTG7Q2/ZAUHDLuDTsiARTyntZKCjKwpigb RHLJxxN8tDdtdb8Re6eN8GybyPgGIaGh+T7+oY30LeGFEO/JuQ+twmp8KxK5Zq8z Ejjk/m+QrP2uQWRG+xptzIPX10jsCsF1mPNNX/8hXJcWdQ+ohmHFRZMuHntNOTsa SNNfUuvvXl/tTtn+f25oy6qJEhlOFnj9pLVWQhS/kT+Bw/9GX7cSbA==3mLB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Yes, I have:
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
auto = subscribe
# next needs dovecot 2.2.20
# autoexpunge = 2 weeks
}
mailbox SystemFolders {
auto = create
# auto = subscribe
}
However, I would think that only applies to mail delivery or POP3/IMAP access.
Are you saying that all doveadm -A commands will
create Maildir and 'auto=create/subscribe' folders? Why did it not
create '~/Maildir/SystemFolders'? I did hit Ctrl-C as soon
as I saw what doveadm was doing.
Again, I don't think SEARCH should create any directories. Maybe have a
doveadm CREATE for that purpose? I am not the creator
nor a developer of Dovecot; just one user with an opinion. If they think this
is the correct behavior I'm fine with that.
Bill
On 1/7/2016 2:22 AM, Steffen Kaiser wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
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> On Wed, 6 Jan 2016, Bill Shirley wrote:
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>> The man page doesn't mention that 'search' updates
anything.
>
> SEARCH has to open the Maildir. Dovecot has the feature to create mailboxes
on the fly on access, not only on write accesses. If
> Dovecot wouldn't, you would get lots of "Invalid Mailbox"
errors, because -A enumerates users, you want to skip.
>
> Actually, if you cannot limit -A with Timo's hints, you might try to
override the userdb setting via -o command line options
> with a passwd-file, in which you list only "valid" users.
>
>> BTW, now I have:
>> /var/cache/akmods/Maildir/.Trash
>
> you probably have autocreate for Trash? But you will see Maildir for all
users anyway.
>
> - -- Steffen Kaiser
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