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User profile for user: Miggl
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Postfix Permission Problems

Hi all,


After restoring my Service Data from Time Machine after switching hard drives, I now have permission issues pretty much across the board. In particular with mail (which I'd like to solve first, and then move on to the other services). I have my Service Data stored on a secondary hard drive 'Data HD' under /Volumes/Data HD/.


Here is the log file with the errors:


SMTP Log
Dec 17 11:33:28 rocking-mm.com postfix/postfix-script[70011]: fatal: the Postfix mail system is not running
Dec 17 11:33:48 rocking-mm.com postfix/postfix-script[70141]: warning: not owned by _postfix: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/./guid_device_maps.plist
Dec 17 11:33:48 rocking-mm.com postfix/postfix-script[70144]: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta
Dec 17 11:33:51 rocking-mm.com mail_groups[70824]: initializing email group services: v2.1
Dec 17 11:33:53 rocking-mm.com postfix/master[70823]: daemon started -- version 2.9.2, configuration /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix
Dec 17 11:33:53 rocking-mm.com mail_groups[70824]: updated local mail groups in: /etc/aliases
Dec 17 11:33:53 rocking-mm.com mail_groups[70824]: no enabled mail groups found

Mail Server Log
Dec 17 11:35:24 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user com.apple.calendarserver): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/CC9DB76B-F152-48B8-917D-E334547EEC45/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/CC9DB76B-F152-48B8-917D-E334547EEC45, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)
Dec 17 11:35:35 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<helpdesk>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=70846, TLS
Dec 17 11:35:35 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user helpdesk): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)
Dec 17 11:35:35 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user helpdesk): Error: opendir(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +r perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?))
Dec 17 11:35:35 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user helpdesk): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=44/565

IMAP Log
Dec 17 11:35:24 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user com.apple.calendarserver): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/CC9DB76B-F152-48B8-917D-E334547EEC45/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/CC9DB76B-F152-48B8-917D-E334547EEC45, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)
Dec 17 11:35:35 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<helpdesk>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=70846, TLS
Dec 17 11:35:35 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user helpdesk): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)
Dec 17 11:35:35 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user helpdesk): Error: opendir(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +r perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?))
Dec 17 11:35:35 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user helpdesk): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=44/565


These issues go away when I set the "Ignore ownership on this volume" flag in the Get Info window.

Any ideas on how to fix the permissions?


Thanks,

~Mike

OS X Server, 4GB RAM, Mountain Lion

Posted on Dec 17, 2012 10:32 AM

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User profile for user: UptimeJeff
UptimeJeff
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Dec 17, 2012 1:49 PM in response to Miggl

Check the permissions of the folders with errors. For example,

sudo ls -al "/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/"


It should look like:

drwx------ 22 _dovecot mail 748 Dec 17 13:24 0A12DB40-CB61-452F-971E-9EB482748E8B

drwx------ 22 _dovecot mail 748 Dec 17 13:32 0A72105A-423D-4B0A-8CA5-C2CFB8CCCE9E

drwx------ 28 _dovecot mail 952 Dec 17 15:44 0E45AF4D-C8F9-4D83-9009-4FFA94B001D7


The owner needs to be _dovecot and group mail

This may be just one of several things you need to fix, but its a good place to start.



To fix perms for this folder, you can set the owner/group with

sudo chown -R _dovecot:mail "/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/"


Again, this may be just a small part of the challenges you might face.. keep following each via logs.

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User profile for user: Miggl
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Dec 17, 2012 4:23 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thanks again for the update. Since my Data Store is not on the same hard drive, I changed the command to:


sudo /usr/libexec/postfix/post-install data_directory="/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta" upgrade-permissions


But got the following response/usr/libexec/postfix/post-install:

line 221: HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta: No such file or directory


It appears to be chocking on the space in the volume name. Any way to get around that?

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User profile for user: Miggl
Miggl Author
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Dec 17, 2012 4:29 PM in response to UptimeJeff

HI Uptimejeff, thanks for your input as well. I'm not to good on permissions in *nix systems, so I'm learning as I go. After running your command, I get the following in the Mail Server Log:



Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: opendir(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +r perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468, UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?))

Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/.Sent Messages/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/.Sent Messages/new) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/.Sent Messages/cur) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/.Sent Messages/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/new) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/cur) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:24:47 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:24:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<helpdesk>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=78823, TLS

Dec 17 17:24:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user helpdesk): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)

Dec 17 17:24:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user helpdesk): Error: opendir(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +r perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?))

Dec 17 17:24:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user helpdesk): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=44/565

Dec 17 17:24:58 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<com.apple.calendarserver>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=78823, TLS

Dec 17 17:24:58 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user com.apple.calendarserver): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=68/817

Dec 17 17:25:29 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<com.apple.calendarserver>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=78823, TLS

Dec 17 17:25:29 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user com.apple.calendarserver): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=68/817

Dec 17 17:25:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<helpdesk>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=78823, TLS

Dec 17 17:25:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user helpdesk): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)

Dec 17 17:25:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user helpdesk): Error: opendir(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +r perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?))

Dec 17 17:25:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user helpdesk): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=44/565

Dec 17 17:25:59 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<com.apple.calendarserver>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=78823, TLS

Dec 17 17:25:59 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user com.apple.calendarserver): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=68/817

Dec 17 17:26:06 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:06 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/new) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:06 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/cur) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:06 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:07 --- last message repeated 1 time ---

Dec 17 17:26:07 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/.Sent Messages/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:07 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/new) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:07 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/cur) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:07 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:07 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/.Sent Messages/new) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:07 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: open(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/.Sent Messages/cur) for kq notify failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:07 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/.Sent Messages/new) failed: Permission denied

Dec 17 17:26:29 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<com.apple.calendarserver>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=78823, TLS

Dec 17 17:26:29 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user com.apple.calendarserver): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=68/817

Dec 17 17:26:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<helpdesk>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=78823, TLS

Dec 17 17:26:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user helpdesk): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)

Dec 17 17:26:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user helpdesk): Error: opendir(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +r perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/0E8BDDB9-34F5-4C18-AA40-BDD759130906, UNIX perms appear ok (ACL/MAC wrong?))

Dec 17 17:26:55 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user helpdesk): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=44/565

Dec 17 17:26:59 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap-login: Login: user=<com.apple.calendarserver>, method=CRAM-MD5, rip=192.168.13.10, lip=192.168.13.10, mpid=78823, TLS

Dec 17 17:26:59 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 78823 user com.apple.calendarserver): Disconnected: Logged out bytes=68/817


Now the mail isn't completely crashing anymore, so I think we're on the right path. I take that back ... won't let me connect still.

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Dec 17, 2012 6:19 PM in response to Linc Davis

Sorry, but I tried the command both ways. I get the same error:

/usr/libexec/postfix/post-install: Error: /postfix-files is not a file.


This thread (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3926370?start=0&tstart=0) mentions the same issues, but no detailed resolution.


The command sudo postfix check lists these problems:

postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by _postfix: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/./guid_device_maps.plist

postfix/postfix-script: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta


The first I was able to fix using the following command: sudo chown _postfix /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/./guid_device_maps.plist


Then I ran sudo postfix set-permissions to fix the second issue. sudo postfix check now reports no errors, but I still get the postfix-files is not a file error.


Upon further checking, I do see that /etc/postfix/postfix-files does exist. Since it has the forward-slash, is it looking for postfix-files in the root directory? Indeed, it seems that copying the file to the root directory did let the script run successfully.


Thanks!

~Mike

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Dec 17, 2012 7:12 PM in response to Linc Davis

Hi Linc, your command provides the following output:


ls: =: No such file or directory

ls: data_directory: No such file or directory

/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta:

total 64

-rw-r----- 1 _postfix mail 1208 Oct 20 19:52 guid_device_maps.plist

-rw------- 1 _postfix mail 33 Dec 17 11:34 master.lock

-rw------- 1 _postfix mail 20480 Dec 17 20:00 postscreen_cache.db

-rw------- 1 _postfix mail 1024 Dec 17 19:38 prng_exch


So, after running the commands from my previous post, I now have the following errors:


Dec 17 20:08:54 rocking-mm.com dovecot-lda[84502]: lda(pid 84502 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)

Dec 17 20:08:54 rocking-mm.com dovecot-lda[84502]: lda(pid 84502 user mike.bronner): msgid=<1290740743.1776793.1355798942445.JavaMail.ibis@1TknEs-000CzQ-Xg.mta.twitter.com>: save failed to open mailbox INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-12-17 20:08:54]

Dec 17 20:08:54 rocking-mm.com dovecot-lda[84502]: lda(pid 84502 user mike.bronner): Error: BUG: Saving failed to unknown storage

Dec 17 20:08:54 rocking-mm.com dovecot-lda[84503]: lda(pid 84503 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)

Dec 17 20:08:54 rocking-mm.com dovecot-lda[84503]: lda(pid 84503 user mike.bronner): msgid=unspecified: save failed to open mailbox INBOX: Internal error occurred. Refer to server log for more information. [2012-12-17 20:08:54]

Dec 17 20:08:54 rocking-mm.com dovecot-lda[84503]: lda(pid 84503 user mike.bronner): Error: BUG: Saving failed to unknown storage

Dec 17 20:10:22 rocking-mm.com log[70839]: imap(pid 70846 user mike.bronner): Error: stat(/Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468/tmp) failed: Permission denied (euid=214(_dovecot) egid=6(mail) missing +x perm: /Volumes/Data HD/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mail/D7323894-E4FF-4380-AB05-BC288D6B6468, dir owned by 501:80 mode=0700)

(Are we back at square one?)

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Dec 17, 2012 8:24 PM in response to Linc Davis

I am assuming it is, as I don't see any problems with postfix -- postfix check returns no errors. However, if I run sudo serveradmin status postfix I get the following error:


postfix:error = "CANNOT_LOAD_BUNDLE_ERR"


Of course this might be because the above command is invalid? sudo postfix status returns the following:

postfix/postfix-script: the Postfix mail system is running: PID: 70823

Which seems to indicate that it is running.

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Dec 17, 2012 9:17 PM in response to Miggl

postfix:error = "CANNOT_LOAD_BUNDLE_ERR"


I get the same error, and my Postfix is working fine. So is yours, apparently. So let's pass over that issue.


Your dovecot permissions, on the other hand, are obviously wrong. Ownership should not be ignored on the volume hosting the data, so revert that setting if you haven't already done so. Then re-run the command suggested by UptimeJeff.

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Dec 17, 2012 9:24 PM in response to Linc Davis

Thanks, Linc. I unchecked the "Ignore ownership on volume" setting, then re-ran the command from Uptimejeff.


Wow, that seems to have done the trick!!! so far no errors, and I am able to receive mail, which didn't work before. Sending mail worked as well!! Thanks so much for sticking with me on this. I have learned a lot (I will note these procedures for future reference).


Is there a sanity check we can run on dovecot, maybe something like sudo dovecot check, just to make sure it thinks everything is ok?

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