There is a permissions issue in dovecot 2.21 in the ~/run directory (mine is /var/run/dovecot) at least in Debian 8. Files created by dovecot imap: srw------- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 16:46 imap-hibernate srw------- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 16:46 imap-master changed to make work: srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 16:46 imap-hibernate srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 16:46 imap-master Errors were reported in /var/log/dovecot.log which we use mainly for fail2ban (it gets huge, but ...) vpopmail version 5.4.33 with one patch I don't think this is a Debian issue ... possibly could be a vpopmail issue, but it's probably caused by the fact that imap daemons are running as vpopmail: vpopmail 30182 9187 0 15:02 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/imap
Alexander Dalloz
2016-Feb-08 20:25 UTC
Permissions issue with Debian 8, dovecot 2.21, vpopmail
Am 08.02.2016 um 21:01 schrieb Stephen:> There is a permissions issue in dovecot 2.21 in the ~/run directory > (mine is /var/run/dovecot) at least in Debian 8. > > Files created by dovecot imap: > > srw------- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 16:46 imap-hibernate > srw------- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 16:46 imap-master > > changed to make work: > > srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 16:46 imap-hibernate > srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Feb 3 16:46 imap-master > > Errors were reported in /var/log/dovecot.log which we use mainly for > fail2ban (it gets huge, but ...) > > vpopmail version 5.4.33 with one patch > > I don't think this is a Debian issue ... possibly could be a vpopmail > issue, but it's probably caused by the fact that imap daemons are > running as vpopmail: > > vpopmail 30182 9187 0 15:02 ? 00:00:00 dovecot/imapWhat purpose does vpopmail serve that dovecot alone does not? Isn't it just an ancient leftover from historic qmail times? Alexander