Running dovecot 1.1.6 on centOS 5 and RHEL 5.
With the settings:
pop3_lock_session = yes
mail_privileged_group = mail
mail_location = mbox:~/:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u
mbox_read_locks = fcntl
mbox_write_locks = dotlock fcntl
and /var/spool/mail permissions:
drwxrwx--x 2 root mail 4096 Nov 19 10:16 mail/
Trying to connect via POP3 results in this error:
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Nov 19 09:31:01 lexiconn2 dovecot: child 32127 (pop3) killed with signal 11
Nov 19 09:31:01 lexiconn2 dovecot: POP3(cerberus): file_lock_dotlock() failed
with mbox file /var/spool/mail/xxx: Permission denied
Nov 19 09:31:01 lexiconn2 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<xxx>,
method=PLAIN, rip=1.2.3.4, lip=5.6.7.8, secured
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The docs seem to indicate the above config / settings should work. Is this a
bug?
The reason we have dotlock as the primary format is due to procmail LDA from
sendmail:
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procmail -v 2>&1|grep Locking
Locking strategies: dotlocking, fcntl()
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I assume we have to make the "mbox_write_locks" match the procmail locking...
We can use the workaround:
mail_access_groups = mail
But we'd prefer to use the safer method of "mail_privileged_group" to get
dotlocking and POP3 mbox working with our current permissions. Just want
to make sure we have things setup correctly. Thanks.
Rob
