Permision problem with lmtp

[Simon Matter]

> Hi
>
> Im a newbie, and im trying to setup postfix to deliver mail to cyrus,
> and i have setup this in my postfix config:
>
> mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp
>
> In mi maillog i get this when receiving mail:
>
> --- maillog ---
> Oct 12 13:31:28 moso postfix/lmtp[7607]: 6E60C10FC89:
> to=<soeren at localhost.moso.dk>, orig_to=<soeren at neigaard.com>,
> relay=none, delay=12, status=deferred (connect to
> /var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp]: Permission denied)
> --- maillog ---
>
> So i have a permission problem, but what is it? ls -asl
> /var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp gives this:
>
> 4 srwxrwxrwx  1 root root 0 Oct 12 09:09 /var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp
>
> So everyone should have write permissions, right?

1)
You also have to check permissions of the directories.

2)
Maybe your postfix/lmtp runs chrooted. Then you have a problem. The
easiest solution would be to disable chroot for lmtp in postfix master.cf

HTH
Simon

>
> imapd runs as the cyrus user.
>
> postfix runs as the postfix user.
>
> How would i fix this permission problem, what am i missing?
>
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