Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: opendir(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) Just wanted to point out that you have at different UID for the folder than your EUID (gotten from userdb/passdb). Aki On 16.01.2017 23:09, Mark Foley wrote:> More info ... > > This is the only user having this permission problem. All other Thunderbird/dovecot users are > getting mail file. They all have the same permissions set on their Maildir folder. > > --Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Foley <mfoley at ohprs.org> > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:21:31 -0500 > Organization: Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System > To: dovecot at dovecot.org > Subject: Apparent Maildir permission issue > > I've just upgraded from Slackware 14.1 to 14.2. I've not done anything with dovecot -- it's the > same version that was running before the upgrade. However, now I'm getting a permission error: > > /var/log/maillog: > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: opendir(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail last message repeated 4 times > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: stat(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir/.Trash) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +x perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: stat(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +x perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: opendir(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > Jan 16 13:09:45 mail last message repeated 11 times > > Permission on that folder are: > > $ ls -ld /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir > drwx------ 17 HPRS\mark domusers 4096 Dec 7 23:07 /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir/ > > Permissions are unchanged since before the backup. > > What do I do to fix this? > > THX --Mark
On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:25:27 +0200 Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi> wrote:> > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: opendir(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > > Just wanted to point out that you have at different UID for the folder > than your EUID (gotten from userdb/passdb). > > Aki >Yes, very puzzling. I'm restoring some older dovecot logs now to see if that was true e.g. in 2016. Perhaps an upgrade of some other software caused a problem. On the other hand, the other user I mentioned in my Jan 24 17:15 message, shay, also shows this UID/EUID discrepancy, but that does not prevent her from getting mail and there is no permission denied error on her messages. More when I know more --Mark> On 16.01.2017 23:09, Mark Foley wrote: > > More info ... > > > > This is the only user having this permission problem. All other Thunderbird/dovecot users are > > getting mail file. They all have the same permissions set on their Maildir folder. > > > > --Mark > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Foley <mfoley at ohprs.org> > > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:21:31 -0500 > > Organization: Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System > > To: dovecot at dovecot.org > > Subject: Apparent Maildir permission issue > > > > I've just upgraded from Slackware 14.1 to 14.2. I've not done anything with dovecot -- it's the > > same version that was running before the upgrade. However, now I'm getting a permission error: > > > > /var/log/maillog: > > > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: opendir(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail last message repeated 4 times > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: stat(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir/.Trash) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +x perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: stat(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +x perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: opendir(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > Jan 16 13:09:45 mail last message repeated 11 times > > > > Permission on that folder are: > > > > $ ls -ld /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir > > drwx------ 17 HPRS\mark domusers 4096 Dec 7 23:07 /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir/ > > > > Permissions are unchanged since before the backup. > > > > What do I do to fix this? > > > > THX --Mark >
I'm guessing the permissions were different for the target directory. Aki> On January 25, 2017 at 3:29 AM Mark Foley <mfoley at ohprs.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 12:25:27 +0200 Aki Tuomi <aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi> wrote: > > > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: opendir(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > > > > > Just wanted to point out that you have at different UID for the folder > > than your EUID (gotten from userdb/passdb). > > > > Aki > > > > Yes, very puzzling. I'm restoring some older dovecot logs now to see if that was true e.g. in 2016. > Perhaps an upgrade of some other software caused a problem. On the other hand, the other user I > mentioned in my Jan 24 17:15 message, shay, also shows this UID/EUID discrepancy, but that does > not prevent her from getting mail and there is no permission denied error on her messages. > > More when I know more > > --Mark > > > On 16.01.2017 23:09, Mark Foley wrote: > > > More info ... > > > > > > This is the only user having this permission problem. All other Thunderbird/dovecot users are > > > getting mail file. They all have the same permissions set on their Maildir folder. > > > > > > --Mark > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mark Foley <mfoley at ohprs.org> > > > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 13:21:31 -0500 > > > Organization: Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System > > > To: dovecot at dovecot.org > > > Subject: Apparent Maildir permission issue > > > > > > I've just upgraded from Slackware 14.1 to 14.2. I've not done anything with dovecot -- it's the > > > same version that was running before the upgrade. However, now I'm getting a permission error: > > > > > > /var/log/maillog: > > > > > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: opendir(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail last message repeated 4 times > > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: stat(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir/.Trash) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +x perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: stat(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +x perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > > Jan 16 13:09:44 mail dovecot: imap(mark): Error: opendir(/home/HPRS/mark/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=3000026(HPRS\mark) egid=100(users) missing +r perm: /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir, conflicting dir uid=10001(HPRS\mark)) > > > Jan 16 13:09:45 mail last message repeated 11 times > > > > > > Permission on that folder are: > > > > > > $ ls -ld /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir > > > drwx------ 17 HPRS\mark domusers 4096 Dec 7 23:07 /home/HPRS/mark/Maildir/ > > > > > > Permissions are unchanged since before the backup. > > > > > > What do I do to fix this? > > > > > > THX --Mark > >