/var/imap/ Permission denied with RPMs

[Simon Matter]

"Schmehl, Paul L" schrieb:
> 
> Yes, you're missing something obvious.  From the install docs:
> (install-configure.html)

Hi,

That's what the rpms are good for. They care for everything and they
build Cyrus IMAPd with Linux FHS compliant diretories.
The most likely problem here is that he installed the rpms over an
existing Cyrus IMAPd installation, which was made 'by hand'. The usual
mess when installing without package managment.

Simon

> 
>  5. Create the configuration directory specified by the
> "configdirectory" option in "imapd.conf." The configuration
>        directory is similar in concept to the "/usr/lib/news" directory.
> It stores information about the IMAP server as
>        a whole.
> 
>        This document uses the configuration directory "/var/imap" in its
> examples. This directory should be owned by the
>        cyrus user and group and should not permit access to other users.
> 
>     cd /var
>     mkdir imap
>     chown cyrus imap
>     chgrp mail imap
>     chmod 750 imap
> 
>     6. Create the default partition directories specified in the
> "/etc/imapd.conf" file.
> 
>        This document uses a default partition directory of
> "/var/spool/imap" in the following example:
> 
>     cd /var/spool
>     mkdir imap
>     chown cyrus imap
>     chgrp mail imap
>     chmod 750 imap
> 
>        The partition directory is similar in concept to /var/spool/news.
> It is where the mailboxes are stored. Unlike
>        most netnews systems, Cyrus allows you to have more than one
> partition. Do not use the string "news" as a
>        partition name, as it is reserved for netnews.
>     7. If you wish to use Sieve, and you didn't configure deliver to
> look in home directories (see the imapd.conf man
>        page), create the Sieve directory:
> 
>     cd /usr
>     mkdir sieve
>     chown cyrus sieve
>     chgrp mail sieve
>     chmod 750 sieve
> 
>     8. Change to the Cyrus user and use the tool "tools/mkimap" to
> create the rest of the directories (subdirectories of
>        the directories you just created).
> 
>     su cyrus
>     tools/mkimap
>     exit
> 
>        If Perl is not available, it should be easy (but time consuming)
> to create these directories by hand.
> 
> If there is no /var/imap, then you've missed these steps.  Go back and
> read the docs.  And if you compiled with -enable-fulldirhash use the
> rehash script (in tools), not the mkimap script.
> 
> Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
> Supervisor, Support Services
> University of Texas at Dallas
> http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/
> AVIEN Founding Member
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: adam at morrison-ind.com [mailto:adam at morrison-ind.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:17 PM
> > To: info-cyrus at andrew.cmu.edu
> > Subject: /var/imap/ Permission denied with RPMs
> >
> >
> > I downloaded the source 2.1.8 RPMs from http://home.teleport.ch/simix/
> >
> > The build and installed just fine.  I started up saslauthd
> > and I can authenticate users with imtest.
> > /usr/libexec/cyrus/cyrus-master is running.
> >
> > But if I try the following -
> > sardine:~ $ cyradm --user cyrus --server localhost --auth plain
> > Password:
> > IMAP Password:
> > sardine.morrison.iserv.net> lm
> > INBOX (\NoInferiors)
> > sardine.morrison.iserv.net> cm user.adam
> > createmailbox: CREATE failed: Can't create mailbox node
> > /var/imap/: Permission denied sardine.morrison.iserv.net>
> >
> > There is no /var/imap,  my config file looks like -