Postfix can't connect to lmtp

[wim at unetix.nl]

On Friday 17 October 2003 10:24, Pascal Loic Gienger wrote:
> Zitat von wim at unetix.nl:
> > Hai,
> > I checked and indeed permissions are set that way, but
> > there seems to be different opinions on how to configure postfix.
>
> Add postfix to your cyrus group (which has the cyrus user).
> This should do it.

According to :
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/download/imapd/install-configure.html
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One thing you need to watch out for is the UID and GID of the Postfix 
software. As it states in the Postfix "INSTALL" document, you must create a 
new account that does not share its UID and GID with any other user account. 
This is for security reasons. If you installed Postfix with a GID of "mail", 
you will need to select a different GID for Cyrus. See the Cyrus configure 
options "--with-cyrus-user" and "--with-cyrus-group". (This was more crucial 
when the use of Cyrus' "deliver" was more prevalent, but it is still a good 
idea to follow this policy.) 
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I did just that, give another GID to postfix, different from cyrus. Now
I followed your advise and gave postfix the GID of cyrus and suddenly
a lot of anomalies have disappeared but sending mail is no longer
an option:
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Oct 17 13:07:39 aardappel postfix/pipe[13001]: fatal: request to use mail 
system owner group id 12
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but... changing
mailbox_transport = cyrus
to
mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/imap/socket/lmtp
in main.cf postfix takes care of that last little bug.
Thanx , I think I now have a fully working basic setup.
Tha last remaining issue is the creation of folders
by users. I use thunderbird as a test mail-client, configured
to use imap. I can send & receive mail without problems, but
when I try to create a new folder in my top-level folder I get
an error that I don't have permission to do so, but when I create
an extra folder in e.g. the Inbox from the top-level directory
it's OK. Suppose that's the way things are set up in cyrus .

Thanks ,Wim Bakker


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