Bug#711856: dovecot-imapd: Permission denied missing +w perm: /var/mail, we're not in group 8(mail)

[Bernhard Kuemel]

Package: dovecot-imapd
Version: 1:2.1.7-7
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

* What led up to the situation?

I guess aptitude full-upgrade to wheezy

* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?

Move mail from spam to Inbox

* What was the outcome of this action?

Mail returned to spam

* What outcome did you expect instead?

mail be and stay in Inbox.

Got this in /var/log/mail.info:

Jun 10 14:38:35 s dovecot: imap(bernhard): Error:
file_dotlock_create(/var/mail/bernhard) failed: Permission
denied (euid=1000(bernhard) egid=1000(bernhard) missing +w
perm: /var/mail, we're not in group 8(mail), dir owned by
0:8 mode=0775) (set mail_privileged_group=mail)

Workaround:
addgroup bernhard mail
/etc/init.d/dovecot restart #not sure if required

-- Package-specific info:

dovecot configuration
---------------------
# 2.1.7: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae i686 Debian 7.0
mail_location = mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/mail/%u
namespace inbox {
inbox = yes
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 {
driver = pam
}
protocols = " imap pop3"
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem
userdb {
driver = passwd
}

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages dovecot-imapd depends on:
ii dovecot-core 1:2.1.7-7
ii libc6 2.13-38
ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3

dovecot-imapd recommends no packages.

dovecot-imapd suggests no packages.

Versions of packages dovecot-imapd is related to:
ii dovecot-core [dovecot-common] 1:2.1.7-7
pn dovecot-dbg <none>
pn dovecot-dev <none>
pn dovecot-gssapi <none>
ii dovecot-imapd 1:2.1.7-7
pn dovecot-ldap <none>
pn dovecot-lmtpd <none>
pn dovecot-managesieved <none>
pn dovecot-mysql <none>
pn dovecot-pgsql <none>
ii dovecot-pop3d 1:2.1.7-7
pn dovecot-sieve <none>
pn dovecot-sqlite <none>

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[Bernhard Kuemel]

On 06/10/2013 03:05 PM, Bernhard Kuemel wrote:

> * What led up to the situation?
>
> I guess aptitude full-upgrade to wheezy

No, I reinstalled debian.

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[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, Bernhard Kuemel wrote:

> Jun 10 14:38:35 s dovecot: imap(bernhard): Error:
> file_dotlock_create(/var/mail/bernhard) failed: Permission
> denied (euid=1000(bernhard) egid=1000(bernhard) missing +w
> perm: /var/mail, we're not in group 8(mail), dir owned by
> 0:8 mode=0775) (set mail_privileged_group=mail)
>
> Workaround:
> addgroup bernhard mail
> /etc/init.d/dovecot restart #not sure if required
>

I think you have run into a well known problem. See
/usr/share/doc/dovecot-core/README.Debian.gz for a discussion.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jal...@debian.org>