fang27
September 17, 2025, 7:29pm
1
SYSTEM INFORMATION
Almalinux 8.10
Webmin 2.510
Updated Webmin to 2.510 today and immediately got the following errors after trying to look at my email in Usermin (newest Authentic theme)
Everything was working just fine before the update, and Webmin was the only software updated…
Any ideas or help would be appreciated!
Ilia
September 17, 2025, 7:43pm
2
Try restarting all the services first:
systemctl restart dovecot webmin usermin
fang27
September 17, 2025, 7:45pm
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Yeah, sorry, should have mentioned rebooting the entire server as a troubleshoot. Nothing changed. I ran this also, just now, and it didn’t change anything.
Ilia
September 17, 2025, 7:46pm
4
If you go to “Webmin ⇾ Usermin Configuration: Usermin Module Configuration / Read Mail” what “Mail storage format for Inbox” and “POP3 or IMAP server name” set to?
fang27
September 17, 2025, 7:51pm
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“remote IMAP server” for storage format and “Run Dovecot command” under server name.
Ilia
September 17, 2025, 7:53pm
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As a workaround, try using “Maildir style directory (Maildir)” as an option for “Mail storage format for the Inbox.”
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fang27
September 17, 2025, 7:55pm
7
That’s great - worked. Thank you!
Ilia
September 17, 2025, 7:56pm
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Out of curiosity what is the output of:
ls -lsa /run/dovecot/stats-writer
fang27
September 17, 2025, 8:04pm
9
0 srw-rw---- 1 root dovecot 0 Sep 17 19:45 /run/dovecot/stats-writer
Ilia
September 17, 2025, 8:05pm
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@Jamie , any idea what’s going on?
Thank you, i got the same error, this worked for me now, as newbie i started panicking (^_^')
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Ilia
September 17, 2025, 8:42pm
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Did it work before the Webmin 2.510 upgrade? If so, what version did you have installed before?
fang27
September 17, 2025, 9:08pm
13
Yes. 2.501
Everything seemed fine before the update.
Ilia
September 17, 2025, 9:13pm
14
Can you answer my question?
Ilia
September 17, 2025, 9:49pm
16
fang27:
What did I not answer???
This part:
What was the Webmin version before the upgrade?
fang27
September 18, 2025, 2:06pm
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You should look more closely. It was the first thing I answered. Both questions.
Hello,
same issue with my setup. As a workaround I set permission to /var/run/dovecot/stats-writer wo accessible by others. I even tried to create a /var/run/dovecot/stats-reader (which is supported by dovecot), but I cant find a way to tell usermin to user a different stats socket.
etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-master.conf snippets (works)
service stats {
unix_listener stats-reader {
group = $default_internal_group
mode = 0666
}
unix_listener stats-writer {
group = $default_internal_group
mode = 0666
}
}
Whats doesnt work /etc/usermin/dovecot/config
dovecot=1
socket=/var/run/dovecot/stats-reader
Can I get usermin conf’d that way?
Additionally: Why does usermin in “Remote IMAP Server” Mode try to access a local file anyway ?