On 3/20/2012 11:26 PM, Mark Jeghers wrote: > 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?
What user does dovecot run as in the shell? Under xinetd? -- Stan
