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Subject:    [pfx] Re: Dovecot logging to files causes postfix to break
From:       Richard Rosner via Postfix-users <postfix-users () postfix ! org>
Date:       2024-05-19 16:41:40
Message-ID: bb102f16-9989-42f0-907e-20de0493aeeb () rosner-online ! de
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On 19.05.24 18:06, Kim Sindalsen via Postfix-users wrote:
> > Can't open log file /var/log/dovecot/error.log: Permission denied )
> > 
> Isn't this a filepermission-issue (ie. does the dovecot-user have permission
> to write to the logfile)?
> 
> What is the permissions and user/group on the logfile - what user tries to
> write to it (dovecot, dovenull or?...)?
As it turned out, everybody was forgetting, that in order for a non-root process to \
access files in a directory, it needs execute permissions on that directory. Those \
weren't granted.


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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19.05.24 18:06, Kim Sindalsen via
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Isn't this a filepermission-issue (ie. does the dovecot-user have permission
to write to the logfile)?

What is the permissions and user/group on the logfile - what user tries to
write to it (dovecot, dovenull or?...)?
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    As it turned out, everybody was forgetting, that in order for a
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