Hi Stan Afraid it did not help. Here is what I got:
*** entered into a telnet session... user ann +OK pass ******** -ERR [IN-USE] Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-03-20 21:16:05] Connection closed by foreign host. [root@t4pserver2 mailpop3]# *** resulted in maillog... Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd-file(ann,::1): lookup: user=ann file=/etc/passwd.dovecot Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: client out: OK#0112#011user=ann Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: master in: REQUEST#0113180593153#01113546#0112#0116c9a0569dcd246a9f9e7a94dbe852843 Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: passwd(ann,::1): lookup Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: auth: Debug: master out: USER#0113180593153#011ann#011system_groups_user=ann#011uid=501#011gid=501#011home=/home/ann Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<ann>, method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=13549, secured Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Debug: Effective uid=501, gid=501, home=/home/ann Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Debug: fs: root=/var/spool/mailpop3, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mailpop3/ann Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Error: stat(/var/spool/mailpop3/ann) failed: Permission denied Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /var/spool/mailpop3: mode=0777 gid=-1 Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Error: stat(/var/spool/mailpop3/ann) failed: Permission denied Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Debug: Namespace : Using permissions from /var/spool/mailpop3: mode=0777 gid=-1 Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Error: stat(/var/spool/mailpop3/ann) failed: Permission denied Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Error: Couldn't open INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-03-20 21:16:05] Mar 20 21:16:05 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(ann): Couldn't open INBOX top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 *** file permissions... [root@t4pserver2 mailpop3]# ls -al total 248652 drwxrwxrwx. 2 root mail 4096 Mar 20 21:11 . drwxr-xr-x. 17 root root 4096 Mar 18 18:22 .. -rw-rw-r--. 1 ann mail 58739 Mar 17 04:26 ann -rw-rw-r--. 1 annphone mail 2708345 Mar 17 05:22 annphone -rw-rw-r--. 1 root mail 127272960 Mar 18 18:28 backups.tar -rw-rw-r--. 1 crimsonblues mail 327563 Dec 3 14:38 crimsonblues -rw-rw-r--. 1 mark mail 0 Mar 18 13:09 mark -rw-rw-r--. 1 markphone mail 124147068 Mar 18 04:21 markphone -rw-rw-r--. 1 nathan mail 5119 Dec 22 18:52 nathan -rw-rw-r--. 1 root mail 0 Mar 18 13:13 root -rw-rw-r--. 1 testuser mail 58739 Mar 18 18:42 testuser -rw-rw-r--. 1 tim mail 16212 Mar 18 15:51 tim My CentOS installation created a user "mail" so I am hesitant to remove it, but it is no longer in use here. Any other ideas? /Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan Hoeppner Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 7:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dovecot] dovecot runs from shell, but not xinetd On 3/20/2012 1:29 PM, Mark Jeghers wrote: > All, > > Below is my config. When I run dovecot from xinetd, I get these errors in > the log: > > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=<mark>, > method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=11624, secured > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(mark): Debug: Effective uid=500, > gid=100, home=/home/mark > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(mark): Debug: fs: > root=/var/spool/mailpop3, index=, control=, inbox=/var/spool/mailpop3/mark > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(mark): Error: > stat(/var/spool/mailpop3/mark) failed: Permission denied > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(mark): Debug: Namespace : Using > permissions from /var/spool/mailpop3: mode=0777 gid=-1 > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(mark): Error: > stat(/var/spool/mailpop3/mark) failed: Permission denied > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(mark): Debug: Namespace : Using > permissions from /var/spool/mailpop3: mode=0777 gid=-1 > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(mark): Error: > stat(/var/spool/mailpop3/mark) failed: Permission denied > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(mark): Error: Couldn't open INBOX: > Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. > [2012-03-20 11:13:39] > Mar 20 11:13:39 t4pserver2 dovecot: pop3(mark): Couldn't open INBOX top=0/0, > retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0 > > ...it acts as if it has no file permission, but it seems like it certainly > should. Here is the files it is trying to access: > > [root@t4pserver2 ~]# ls -al /var/spool/mailpop3/ > total 248656 > drwxrwxrwx. 3 mail mail 4096 Mar 20 00:31 . > drwxr-xr-x. 17 root root 4096 Mar 18 18:22 .. > -rw-rw-r--. 1 ann users 58739 Mar 17 04:26 ann > -rw-rw-r--. 1 annphone users 2708345 Mar 17 05:22 annphone > -rw-rw-r--. 1 mail users 127272960 Mar 18 18:28 backups.tar > -rw-rw-r--. 1 crimsonblues users 327563 Dec 3 14:38 crimsonblues > drwxrwxrwx. 3 mark users 4096 Mar 20 00:31 .imap > -rw-rw-r--. 1 mark users 0 Mar 18 13:09 mark > -rw-rw-r--. 1 markphone users 124147068 Mar 18 04:21 markphone > -rw-rw-r--. 1 nathan users 5119 Dec 22 18:52 nathan > -rw-rw-r--. 1 root users 0 Mar 18 13:13 root > -rw-rw-r--. 1 testuser users 58739 Mar 18 18:42 testuser > -rw-rw-r--. 1 tim users 16212 Mar 18 15:51 tim The group owner of these files is "users". Should probably be "mail". E.g. $ ls -la /var/spool/mail/ total 724K drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4.0K Jan 19 01:16 . drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4.0K Jun 2 2011 .. -rw------- 1 stan mail 707K Mar 20 21:32 stan Ownership of /var/spool/mailpop3 should probably be root:mail instead of mail:mail. And given that 'mail' is a standard group name, it's probably not wise to have an actual user named 'mail', as you've done here. -- Stan
