/var/log/dovecot is: mail:mail drwxr-x---
# ls -alh /var/log/dovecot
total 2.8M
drwxr-x--- 2 mail mail 4.0K Dec 6 14:15 .
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4.0K Dec 7 05:56 ..
-rw------- 1 mail mail 206 Dec 6 14:16 deliver-error.log
-rw------- 1 mail mail 0 Dec 6 14:15 deliver.log
-rw------- 1 mail mail 2.7M Dec 6 12:43 error.log
-rw------- 1 mail mail 61K Dec 6 14:24 info.log
On Sun, Dec 7, 2025 at 3:54AM Edmund Lodewijks <[1][email protected]>
wrote:
Some thoughts, as I'm on the road:
Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory?
Does that particular log file exist?
That particular log file is written during `lda', therefore, I believe,
as the user for whom the Mail is (system user or virtual mail user).
Kind regards,
Edmund
> On 07 Dec 2025, at 09:40, Odhiambo Washington via dovecot
<[2][email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2025 at 11:32PM Christopher Curzio via dovecot
> <[1][3][email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone.
> I'm in the process of migrating my mail server to Debian
running
> exim4 and
> dovecot. I was previously using exim4 and dovecot on Slackware
and I
> moved
> the configs over, however I can't get dovecot working with exim
on
> the new
> system.
> These configs worked fine previously. I did have to make some
minor
> changes, but overall everything is mostly the same as it was.
> dovecot config: [1][2][4]https://pastebin.com/Hrhj6xeb
> exim config: [2][3][5]https://pastebin.com/bAQ9mTJb
> No matter what I do, I'm getting this when mail is received:
> dovecot_delivery transport output: Can't open log file
> /var/log/dovecot/deliver-error.log: Permi
> ssion denied
> I've tried everything, even going as far as setting permissions
on
> /var/log/dovecot to a+rwx recursive (solely as a test) but I
still
> get the
> same message.
> Help getting this working would be greatly appreciated since
I've
> exhausted my own knowledge trying to wrench it into submission.
> Thanks.
>
> Who owns the /var/log/dovecot directory?
> Can you try this: chown -R mail: /var/log/dovecot ?
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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