Szerző: Phil Reynolds Dátum: Címzett: exim-users CC: Jeremy Harris Tárgy: Re: [exim] exim behaving strangely when writing to maildirs? Or is
this dovecot being silly?
On Sat, 27 Jul 2019 13:07:53 +0100
Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:
> On 26/07/2019 19:30, Phil Reynolds via Exim-users wrote:
> > Jul 26 14:56:08 fitzalan dovecot:
> > imap(phil)<26727><ZKUF05WOtpcgAQiwDOMAASJonf/+Bp+v>: Error: Mailbox
> > INBOX:
> > open(/home/phil/Maildir/cur/1564133392.H197929P18087.fitzalan.tinsleyviaduct.com:2,)
> > failed: Permission denied (euid=1000(phil) egid=1000(phil) missing
> > +r
> > perm: /home/phil/Maildir/cur/1564133392.H197929P18087.fitzalan.tinsleyviaduct.com:2,)
> >
> > At the time, it seems the relevant file is owned by root, yet
> > ownership is changed to phil before long. This looks rather like a
> > problem with the way mail is delivered to the inbox by exim. It
> > could, instead, be a misbehaviour of dovecot, but in any case its
> > main effect is that I have an empty main inbox in my MUA.
> >
> > Is this an effect of any behaviour of exim?
>
> You'll need to tell us what configuration of the exim transport doing
> the delivery is.
I withdraw this, at least until it starts happening again, as, on
checking today, some files were owned by root, but on changing the
ownership to phil, normal service was restored.
