Package: dovecot-core
Version: 1:2.3.4.1-5
Severity: normal
I have a similar problem to #903161
("net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied),
namely:
root@buz ~ # tail -f /var/log/exim4/mainlog
[...]
2019-07-29 11:15:29 XXXXX-000-4v <[email protected]>: dovecot_lda_pipe
transport output: lda(tpo2,)Error:
net_connect_unix(/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer) failed: Permission denied
So I checked /usr/share/doc/dovecot-core/NEWS.Debian.gz which (curiously wasn't
shown to me while upgrading...) refers to
/usr/share/doc/dovecot-core/wiki/Upgrading.2.3.txt.gz and which contains this
snippet:
root@buz ~ # cat /usr/share/doc/dovecot-core/wiki/Upgrading.2.3.txt.gz
[...]
* Due to the new stats environment, for now some environments may get
harmless
errors about not being able to connect to stats-writer socket. To avoid
these errors, give enough permissions for the processes to connect to the
stats-writer, for example:
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
service stats {
unix_listener stats-writer {
user = vmail
#mode = 0666 # Use only if nothing else works. It's a bit insecure,
since
it allows any user in the system to mess up with the statistics.
}
}
---%<-------------------------------------------------------------------------
So if I add that to my dovecot.conf I get:
root@buz /etc/dovecot # /etc/init.d/dovecot restart
[....] Restarting IMAP/POP3 mail server: dovecotFatal: service(stats) User
doesn't exist: vmail (See service stats { unix_listener
/var/run/dovecot/stats-writer { user } } setting)
failed!
Please excuse my ignorance, I guess I should replace "user = vmail" by some
other user however I've got no clue which one. This should be fixed in the
Upgrading.2.3.txt.gz document I guess.
Thanks,
*t
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 10.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_CH.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL
set to de_CH.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_CH.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set
to de_CH.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages dovecot-core depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii libapparmor1 2.13.2-10
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-9.1
ii libc6 2.28-10
ii libexttextcat-2.0-0 3.4.5-1
ii libicu63 63.1-6
ii liblua5.3-0 5.3.3-1.1
ii liblz4-1 1.8.3-1
ii liblzma5 5.2.4-1
ii libpam-runtime 1.3.1-5
ii libpam0g 1.3.1-5
ii libsodium23 1.0.17-1
ii libssl1.1 1.1.1c-1
ii libstemmer0d 0+svn585-1+b2
ii libwrap0 7.6.q-28
ii lsb-base 10.2019051400
ii openssl 1.1.1c-1
ii ssl-cert 1.0.39
ii ucf 3.0038+nmu1
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
dovecot-core recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dovecot-core suggests:
ii dovecot-gssapi 1:2.3.4.1-5
ii dovecot-imapd 1:2.3.4.1-5
ii dovecot-ldap 1:2.3.4.1-5
pn dovecot-lmtpd <none>
pn dovecot-lucene <none>
ii dovecot-managesieved 1:2.3.4.1-5
ii dovecot-mysql 1:2.3.4.1-5
ii dovecot-pgsql 1:2.3.4.1-5
pn dovecot-pop3d <none>
ii dovecot-sieve 1:2.3.4.1-5
pn dovecot-solr <none>
ii dovecot-sqlite 1:2.3.4.1-5
pn dovecot-submissiond <none>
pn ntp <none>
Versions of packages dovecot-core is related to:
ii dovecot-core [dovecot-common] 1:2.3.4.1-5
pn dovecot-dev <none>
ii dovecot-gssapi 1:2.3.4.1-5
ii dovecot-imapd 1:2.3.4.1-5
ii dovecot-ldap 1:2.3.4.1-5
pn dovecot-lmtpd <none>
ii dovecot-managesieved 1:2.3.4.1-5
ii dovecot-mysql 1:2.3.4.1-5
ii dovecot-pgsql 1:2.3.4.1-5
pn dovecot-pop3d <none>
ii dovecot-sieve 1:2.3.4.1-5
ii dovecot-sqlite 1:2.3.4.1-5
-- no debconf information
