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On Wed, 6 Mar 2013, Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote:
currently I have one new user with a problem. When she logs in to
dovecot with pop3 from her apple mail, dovecot tells problems with the
+w permission.
Error: open(/var/mail/******) failed: Permission denied
(euid=3462(******) egid=548(dozenten) missing +w perm: /var/mail)
/var/mail is rw by root.mail
Does /var/mail/****** already exist? Do you have a mbox there and Dovecot
needs to create a lock file there? If so, try flock.
v2.2 has:
# Which locking methods to use for locking mbox. There are four available:
# dotlock: Create <mailbox>.lock file. This is the oldest and most
NFS-safe
# solution. If you want to use /var/mail/ like directory, the
users
# will need write access to that directory.
# dotlock_try: Same as dotlock, but if it fails because of permissions or
# because there isn't enough disk space, just skip it.
# fcntl : Use this if possible. Works with NFS too if lockd is used.
# flock : May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS.
# lockf : May not exist in all systems. Doesn't work with NFS.
#
# You can use multiple locking methods; if you do the order they're
declared
# in is important to avoid deadlocks if other MTAs/MUAs are using multiple
# locking methods as well. Some operating systems don't allow using some
of
# them simultaneously.
#mbox_read_locks = fcntl
#mbox_write_locks = dotlock fcntl
dotlock will fail in your system.
- --
Steffen Kaiser
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