On Fri, 2010-08-20 at 20:07 +0200, Ralph Seichter wrote: > dovecot: imap(foo): Error: user foo: Couldn't drop privileges: Mail access > not allowed for root > passdb { > args = scheme=crypt /usr/local/dovecot-2.0/etc/dovecot/passwd > driver = passwd-file > }
You don't have a userdb defined or mail_uid/mail_gid setting.. > # cat /usr/local/dovecot-2.0/etc/dovecot/passwd > foo:{CRYPT}xxx:1000:1000:Foo Backup:/home/foo:/bin/bash I guess you should add: userdb { args = scheme=crypt /usr/local/dovecot-2.0/etc/dovecot/passwd driver = passwd-file } The error message is bad though. I'm pretty sure it was better in v1.2. I'll see about fixing that.