Or just
service anvil {
unix_listener anvil {
mode = 0666
}
}
Aki
> On 01/10/2025 11:16 EEST Zakaria via dovecot <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> I think you can fix this using systemd service. Post Start run script
> that adjusts anvil file, in /var/run, chmod to 666.
>
> Zak.
>
> On 2025-09-30 22:02, Felix Geyer via dovecot wrote:
> >> I think this bug is back in dovecot 2.4.1.
> >> I'm getting:-
> >> lmtp(15118): Error: conn unix:/run/dovecot/anvil:
> >> net_connect_unix(/run/dovecot/anvil) failed: Permission denied
> >
> > I get the same error with Dovecot 2.4.1.
> > This is caused by running lmtp as non-root, i.e. with a configuration
> > like
> >
> > service lmtp {
> > user = vmail
> > }
> >
> > src/lmtp/lmtp-commands.c client_default_cmd_mail() has this code:
> >
> > /* Connect to anvil before dropping privileges */
> > lmtp_anvil_init();
> >
> > However if I got this right
> >
> > a) This code is called after dropping privileges, so would not have the
> > permissions.
> > b) It doesn't actually connect to the anvil socket since
> > lmtp_anvil_init() doesn't call anvil_client_connect()
> >
> > Adding lmtp_anvil_init(); anvil_client_connect() calls in
> > src/lmtp/main.c main() before drop_privileges() fixes the error but I
> > don't know if that's the right approach.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Felix
> >
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> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] I think you can
> > fix this using systemd service. Post Start run script that
> adjusts anvil file, in /var/run, chmod to 666.
>
> Zak.
>
> On 2025-09-30 22:02, Felix Geyer via dovecot wrote:
> >> I think this bug is back in dovecot 2.4.1.
> >> I'm getting:-
> >> lmtp(15118): Error: conn unix:/run/dovecot/anvil:
> net_connect_unix(/run/dovecot/anvil) failed: Permission denied
> >
> > I get the same error with Dovecot 2.4.1.
> > This is caused by running lmtp as non-root, i.e. with a configuration
> like
> >
> > service lmtp {
> > user = vmail
> > }
> >
> > src/lmtp/lmtp-commands.c client_default_cmd_mail() has this code:
> >
> > /* Connect to anvil before dropping privileges */
> > lmtp_anvil_init();
> >
> > However if I got this right
> >
> > a) This code is called after dropping privileges, so would not have the
> permissions.
> > b) It doesn't actually connect to the anvil socket since
> lmtp_anvil_init() doesn't call anvil_client_connect()
> >
> > Adding lmtp_anvil_init(); anvil_client_connect() calls in
> src/lmtp/main.c main() before drop_privileges() fixes the error but I
> don't know if that's the right approach.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Felix
> >
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