dovecot permission error on pop login

Virtualmin
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Hi all,

I just built a virtualmin server on CentOS 5.4 using the install.sh script.

when logging in via pop3 to my first (and only) virtual server, I get an error in my client.
I get the following in /var/log/maillog:

Mar 10 15:36:53 mail2 dovecot: pop3-login: Login: user=user@mydomain.name, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:IP.add.re.ss, lip=::ffff:ip.add.re.ss
Mar 10 15:37:26 mail2 dovecot: Killed with signal 15
Mar 10 15:37:26 mail2 dovecot: Dovecot v1.0.7 starting up
Mar 10 15:37:41 mail2 dovecot: POP3(user@mydomain.name): file_dotlock_open() failed with file /home/mydomain/homes/user/Maildir/dovecot.index.log: Permission denied
Mar 10 15:37:41 mail2 dovecot: POP3(user@mydomain.name): file_dotlock_open(/home/mydomain/homes/user/Maildir/dovecot-uidlist) failed: Permission denied
Mar 10 15:37:41 mail2 dovecot: POP3(user@mydomain.name): Couldn’t init INBOX: Can’t sync mailbox: Messages keep getting expunged
Mar 10 15:37:41 mail2 dovecot: POP3(user@mydomain.name): Mailbox init failed top=0/0, retr=0/0, del=0/0, size=0

I tried deleting and re-adding the domain, and used different domains. They all give me the same results. I have tried searching the 'Net and the Forum, with no results.

I have added the “FLAGS=-r” and changed the domain name parameters to allow for “@” in the login name.

I have also changed the file /etc/dovecot.conf line for mail location as such:
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir

I’m not sure where to go next…

Thanks,

GS

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Howdy,

Hmm, what do you see if you type this:

ls -l /home/mydomain/homes/user/Maildir

And this as well:

ps auxw | grep dovecot

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[root@mail2 user]# ls -l /home/mydomain/homes/user/Maildir
total 24
drwx------ 2 user@mydomain.com mydomain 4096 Mar 10 15:14 cur
drwx------ 2 user@mydomain.com mydomain 4096 Mar 10 15:14 new
drwx------ 2 user@mydomain.com mydomain 4096 Mar 10 15:14 tmp



[root@mail2 user]# ps auxw | grep dovecot
root      4490  0.0  0.0   1880   508 ?        Ss   Mar10   0:00 /usr/sbin/dovecot
root      4491  0.0  0.1   7724  1440 ?        S    Mar10   0:00 dovecot-auth
dovecot   4499  0.0  0.1   4904  1520 ?        S    Mar10   0:00 imap-login
dovecot   4500  0.0  0.1   4904  1764 ?        S    Mar10   0:00 imap-login
dovecot   4501  0.0  0.1   4904  1516 ?        S    Mar10   0:00 imap-login
dovecot   5007  0.0  0.1   4900  1756 ?        S    Mar10   0:00 pop3-login
dovecot   5664  0.0  0.1   4900  1508 ?        S    Mar10   0:00 pop3-login
dovecot   6463  0.0  0.1   4900  1516 ?        S    Mar10   0:00 pop3-login
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I know this is old, but I should have closed it, so doing it now.

I never did get this resolved. I just wiped the drive and started fresh, and everything worked the second time around.
GS