Public bug reported:
Dovecot errors in log:
Feb 8 10:25:26 tesla dovecot: imap(u...@example.com): Error:
chdir(/home/vmail/example.com/user) failed: No such file or directory
Feb 8 10:25:26 tesla dovecot: imap(u...@example.com): Debug: Effective
uid=5000, gid=5000, home=/home/vmail/example.com/user,
chroot=/var/tmp/vmail_chroot/
Feb 8 10:25:26 tesla dovecot: imap(u...@example.com): Debug: Home dir not
found: /home/vmail/example.com/user
Feb 8 10:25:26 tesla dovecot: imap(u...@example.com): Debug: Namespace inbox:
type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes
location=maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
Feb 8 10:25:26 tesla dovecot: imap(u...@example.com): Debug: fs:
root=/home/vmail/example.com/user/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=,
alt=
Feb 8 10:25:26 tesla dovecot: imap(u...@example.com): Debug: Namespace :
/home/vmail/example.com/user/Maildir doesn't exist yet, using default
permissions
Feb 8 10:25:26 tesla dovecot: imap(u...@example.com): Debug: Namespace : Using
permissions from /home/vmail/example.com/user/Maildir: mode=0700 gid=default
Feb 8 10:25:26 tesla dovecot: imap(u...@example.com): Error: user
u...@example.com: Initialization failed: Namespace '':
mkdir(/home/vmail/example.com/user/Maildir) failed: Permission denied
(euid=5000(<getpwuid() error>) egid=50
00(<getgrgid() error>))
Feb 8 10:25:26 tesla dovecot: imap(u...@example.com): Error: Invalid user
settings. Refer to server log for more information.
Home dir /home/vmail/example.com/user exists and vmail user can cd to
that directory. This error appears no matter what I permissions set,
even on 777.
Dovecot config below:
# 2.2.9: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.13.0-55-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
auth_debug = yes
auth_debug_passwords = yes
auth_mechanisms = login digest-md5 cram-md5
auth_verbose = yes
first_valid_gid = 5000
first_valid_uid = 5000
last_valid_gid = 5000
last_valid_uid = 5000
mail_chroot = /var/tmp/vmail_chroot/
mail_debug = yes
mail_home = /home/vmail/%d/%n
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs
mailbox_list_index = yes
namespace inbox {
location =
mailbox Drafts {
special_use = \Drafts
}
mailbox Junk {
special_use = \Junk
}
mailbox Sent {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox "Sent Messages" {
special_use = \Sent
}
mailbox Trash {
special_use = \Trash
}
prefix =
}
passdb {
args = scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
plugin {
quota_rule = *:storage=100M
}
protocols = " imap lmtp pop3"
service auth-worker {
user = $default_internal_user
}
service auth {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth {
group = postfix
mode = 0666
user = postfix
}
}
service imap-login {
inet_listener imap {
port = 0
}
inet_listener imaps {
port = 993
ssl = yes
}
}
service lmtp {
unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp {
group = postfix
mode = 0600
user = postfix
}
}
service pop3-login {
inet_listener pop3 {
port = 0
}
inet_listener pop3s {
port = 995
ssl = yes
}
}
ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/x.example.com.pem
ssl_key = </etc/ssl/private/example.com.key
ssl_protocols = !SSLv2 !SSLv3
userdb {
args = username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users
driver = passwd-file
}
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: dovecot-imapd 1:2.2.9-1ubuntu2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-55.94-generic 3.13.11-ckt20
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-55-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 8 10:26:45 2016
SourcePackage: dovecot
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: dovecot (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dovecot trusty
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Dovecot doesn't see user home dir
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