Cyrus - can't create user mailbox

[Alain Spineux]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Stephen Liu <satimis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Jorey,
>
>
> - snip -
>
>
>> > The output here is;
>> > $ id postfix
>> > uid=107(postfix) gid=111(postfix) groups=111(postfix)
>>
>> Yes. Now add the postfix user to the mail group, and the permissions
>> error should disappear.
>
>
> I'm prepared to run;
>
> $ sudo groupadd mail -g 1001
> $ useradd postfix -u 1001 -g 1001
>
> Shall I use number 1001?  OR another number?
>
>
> However on /etc/group I found following entries;
>
> mail:x:8:dovecot
> dovecot:x:113:

if you can edit /etc/group, change mail group like that

mail:x:8:dovecot,postfix

and restart postfix


private joke:  I dont understand why all ubuntu and debian users use
always the same prompt : "$ sudo " :-)



>
>
> I don't have dovecot-* running.  Shall I remove them manually?  Thanks
>
>
> Other advice noted with thanks
>
>
>
> B.R.
> Stephen
>
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