INFO: Dovecot + file_lock_dotlock()

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Di, den 14.09.2004 schrieb Ow Mun Heng um 6:09:

> > > Error Description:
> > > Error: open(/var/mail/user.lock) failed: Permission denied
> > > Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox file /var/mail/user: Permission denied
> > > 
> > > Solution:
> > > http://wiki.dovecot.org/moin.cgi/VarMailDotLock
> > > 
> > > Since v0.99.10.9 it's possible to fix this by adding to config file: 
> > > mail_extra_groups = mail

> It does not happen with the FC2 official package. Even putting dotlock
> into it, it's still OK.
> 
> I guess this is a new _feature_ in the new release

Yes, that is obvious. But that was not the point. Though it will affect
future builds for Fedora Core, as the dovecot coder seems to have
changed something with locking which is not compatible with the way
Fedora and Redhat treats /var/mail/$user permissions. If it is under
each circumstance that easy to "fix" with the new configuration setting,
then it is no big problem. The dovecot maintainer will only have to be
aware of this implication :)

> Ow Mun Heng

Alexander


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