I sent the following email a couple of months ago, but didn't get any response, so I thought I'd try again. Would anyone be able to confirm for me which files and folders I need to move in order to resolve this situation with the home vs. maildir issue?
Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Sunday, June 28, 2020 6:43 AM, David White <[email protected]> wrote: > I have Dovecot 2.3.7.2 on Ubuntu 20.04. > I just migrated the server from CentOS 8, and only migrated to the CentOS 8 > machine a few months ago off of CentOS 7. > I am pasting `doveconf -n` at the bottom of this email. > > Everything is working. > However, I'm trying to clean up warnings in the logs, and just discovered > that I'm not managing home directories properly. > (c/f https://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home) > > This is in the logs: > > > Jun 28 06:09:50 mail.example.com dovecot: > > imap([email protected])<3786><fICEJCKpbfatQHg1>: Error: > > stat(/var/vmail/example.com/[email protected]/.dovecot.sieve/tmp) failed: > > Not a directory > > Can I please get a sanity check? > To resolve, I've come up with a bash loop to create a home folder, and fix > the existing structure for each mailbox on the system. > I ran this for 1 of the domains on the system. > > > for i in */ ; do mv "$i" mail; mkdir "$i"; mv mail "$i"; mv "$i"/.dovecot* > > "$i"; done > > Then, I would simply edit /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-mail.conf so that it looks > like this: > > > mail_home = /var/vmail/%d/%u > > mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u/mail > > To confirm, should all of the 'hidden' dovecot files be moved to the user's > new home folder like I'm trying to do in the above script? > Or are there other files that I will need to move? > > After running that loop above on a test server (don't worry, I would never do > this in production without testing), one of the mailbox's home folder on the > server looks like this: > > > total 56 > > drwxr-xr-x 4 vmail vmail 4096 Jun 28 06:19 . > > drwx------ 6 vmail vmail 4096 Jun 28 06:09 .. > > -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 54 Jul 4 2019 .dovecot.lda-dupes > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 vmail vmail 21 May 26 2016 .dovecot.sieve -> > > sieve/roundcube.sieve > > -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 0 Oct 17 2016 .dovecot.sieve.log > > -rw------- 1 vmail vmail 218 Jul 6 2019 .dovecot.svbin > > drwx------ 277 vmail vmail 32768 Jun 28 06:19 mail > > drwx------ 3 vmail vmail 4096 Feb 2 17:31 sieve > > ... and connecting to that mailbox over Thunderbird seems to be working fine. > But I want to make sure I'm not missing anything. > > Here is my doveconf -n, with identifying information snipped out: > > > root@mail:# doveconf -n > > # 2.3.7.2 (3c910f64b): /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf > > # Pigeonhole version 0.5.7.2 () > > # OS: Linux 5.4.0-39-generic x86_64 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ext4 > > # Hostname: {snip} > > auth_mechanisms = plain login > > mail_location = maildir:/var/vmail/%d/%u > > managesieve_notify_capability = mailto > > managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character > > vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags > > copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date index ihave > > duplicate mime foreverypart extracttext > > namespace inbox { > > inbox = yes > > location = > > mailbox Drafts { > > auto = subscribe > > special_use = \Drafts > > } > > mailbox Junk { > > special_use = \Junk > > } > > mailbox Sent { > > auto = subscribe > > special_use = \Sent > > } > > mailbox "Sent Messages" { > > special_use = \Sent > > } > > mailbox Spam { > > auto = create > > special_use = \Junk > > } > > mailbox Trash { > > auto = subscribe > > special_use = \Trash > > } > > prefix = > > } > > passdb { > > args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext > > driver = sql > > } > > plugin { > > sieve = file:~/sieve;active=~/.dovecot.sieve > > } > > protocols = imap pop3 lmtp sieve > > service auth-worker { > > user = $default_internal_user > > } > > service auth { > > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/auth { > > group = postfix > > mode = 0666 > > user = postfix > > } > > unix_listener auth-userdb { > > group = postfix > > mode = 0666 > > user = vmail > > } > > } > > service lmtp { > > unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/private/dovecot-lmtp { > > group = postfix > > mode = 0666 > > user = postfix > > } > > } > > ssl = required > > ssl_ca = </etc/ssl/certs/snip.ca-bundle > > ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/snip.crt > > ssl_cipher_list = ALL:!LOW:!SSLv3:!EXP:!aNULL:!MD5 > > ssl_key = # hidden, use -P to show it > > userdb { > > args = uid=vmail gid=vmail home=/var/vmail/%d/%u > > driver = static > > } > > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
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