Is there an automatic solution to this? Oct 27 08:00:48 192.168.50.5 dovecot: POP3(evelina2): mail_location: mbox: mkdir(/home/popuser_evelina2/mail) failed: Permission denied Oct 27 08:00:48 192.168.50.5 dovecot: Fatal: POP3(evelina2): Namespace initialization failed Oct 27 08:00:51 192.168.50.5 dovecot: POP3(evelina2): mail_location: mbox: mkdir(/home/popuser_evelina2/mail) failed: Permission denied Oct 27 08:00:51 192.168.50.5 dovecot: Fatal: POP3(evelina2): Namespace initialization failed -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABS Computer Technology, Inc. <http://www.ABS-CompTech.com> - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper <http://www.Spam-Zapper.com> - No-JunkMail.com <http://www.No-JunkMail.com> - *True Spam Elimination*.
On Oct 27, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Albert E. Whale wrote:> Is there an automatic solution to this? > > Oct 27 08:00:48 192.168.50.5 dovecot: POP3(evelina2): mail_location: > mbox: mkdir(/home/popuser_evelina2/mail) failed: Permission deniedYou mean /home/popuser_evelina2 doesn't exist and Dovecot doesn't have write permissions to /home? Choices would be: a) Create the directory automatically whenever you add new users b) Give Dovecot write permissions to /home c) If you're using PAM, use pam_mkhomedir -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PGP.sig Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 194 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://dovecot.org/pipermail/dovecot/attachments/20081027/b6355d06/attachment-0002.bin>
Timo Sirainen wrote:> On Oct 27, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Albert E. Whale wrote: > >> Is there an automatic solution to this? >> >> Oct 27 08:00:48 192.168.50.5 dovecot: POP3(evelina2): mail_location: >> mbox: mkdir(/home/popuser_evelina2/mail) failed: Permission denied > > You mean /home/popuser_evelina2 doesn't exist and Dovecot doesn't have > write permissions to /home? Choices would be: > > a) Create the directory automatically whenever you add new users > b) Give Dovecot write permissions to /home > c) If you're using PAM, use pam_mkhomedir >Actually the /home/popuser_evelina2 directory exists. I had thought that we were making the directory. It's just the mail subdirectory that is missing. -- Albert E. Whale, CHS CISA CISSP Sr. Security, Network, Risk Assessment and Systems Consultant ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABS Computer Technology, Inc. <http://www.ABS-CompTech.com> - Email, Internet and Security Consultants SPAMZapper <http://www.Spam-Zapper.com> - No-JunkMail.com <http://www.No-JunkMail.com> - *True Spam Elimination*.