postfix mailbox permission denied

hua · 11-13-2006, 12:26 PM

Hello

I am setting up virtual mailboxes on postfix for users on my domain:
user@example.com
I created the the mailbox /var/mail/vhosts/example.com/user
Link the virtual_uid_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/uid in main.cf
I set up a uid table /etc/postfix/uid (uid.db):

user 2001
user2 2002

but I still get: cannot open file: permission denied
The owner of mailbox /var/mail/vhosts/example.com/user - is (user(n))
And group is: mail.

What do I miss?

Berhanie · 11-13-2006, 09:06 PM

From the virtual(8) man page:

Quote:

Mailbox ownership is controlled by the virtual_uid_maps and virtual_gid_maps lookup tables, which are indexed with the full recipient address.

hua · 11-14-2006, 02:33 AM

If you mean:

/etc/postfix/uid:

user1@domain.com 2001
user2@domain.com 2002
...

I tried this also with the same result.

Maybe the problem is that I did not create the virtual_gid_maps also but leave it static as:

main.cf

virtual_gid_maps = static:5000
(should it be as virtual_gid_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/gid with table)

Berhanie · 11-14-2006, 09:05 AM

If the mailboxes all owned by gid 5000, then just leave it as static. To diagnose the problem, you're going to have to post your logs. Also post the output of "postconf -n". But, first read the VIRTUAL_README.html.