permission problem on lmtp socket

[JOYDEEP]

Wolfgang Hennerbichler wrote:
>
> On 27.04.2007, at 11:47, JOYDEEP wrote:
>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> I have    "mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp"  in
>> main.cf
>
> main.cf - I assume your mta postfix?
Right
>
>> I have "lmtpunix      cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp"
>> prefork=1"
>> in cyrus.conf
>>
>>
>> now when ever I try to sent mail from user at mydomain.com   to
>> user at mydomain.com
>> it reports error
>> -------------------------------
>> Apr 27 11:31:25 lvps87-230-8-228 postfix/lmtp[3433]: 2BF37BFE10C:
>> to=<test at opendingo.com>, relay=none, delay=2822, status=deferred
>> (connect to /var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp]:
>> Permission denied)
>> ------------------------------------------
>>
>> I have checked the permission and it is own by cyrus mail
>
> let me guess - postfix is not running as the cyrus user, huh? what
> about the group-permission of the lmtp socket?

cyrus:mail

>
>> I have also checked the parent path starting from /var/lib/imap and it
>> alongwith the underlying structures are owned by cyrus:mail
>
>> more over lmtptest command reports
>> ----------------------------------
>> getaddrinfo: Servname not supported for ai_socktype
>> failure: Network initialization - can not connect to localhost:lmtp
>> --------------------------------
>
> looks like it wants to connect to the ip address localhost. well, you
> have unix-socket, so it won't be able to connect.
>
>> I am using suse 9.2.  How can I solve it ? please help
>
> please do more reading, get a book or something. so many of your
> issues do not belong to this mailinglist and are off-topic. I don't
> mean to be rude, but we can't do everything for you, we also had to
> read a lot.
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