On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 17:09 -0600, Steven Feil wrote: > Whenever I try to create a folder that is not a sub-folder of INBOX I > get the error "createmailbox: Permission denied". This happens > regardless of whether I use cyradm or a user mail program such as > squirrelmail. ---- the only way you can accomplish this is to use altnamespace: 1 - I wouldn't recommend doing that. All mail as a subfolder of INBOX is neat and clean ---- > I have set up a normal user named tester, with a home directory. I > would like cyrus-imapd to store the users mail inside of the users > home directory. ---- if you want maildir - use courier. cyrus-imapd doesn't work that way. It is designed to be self contained and used with users that may be 'virtual' users and don't have home directories. ---- > However whenever I try to create a non-inbox folder I > get the error. Here is an example using cyradm > ...snip... > localhost> cm try201 > cm try201 > createmailbox: Permission denied ---- see above ---- > > I tried changing the owner of the mail dir such that .. > > # ls -l /home/tester > drwxrwxrwx 2 cyrus mail 1024 Nov 11 23:20 mail > > # ls -l /var/spool/imap/t/user/tester > ---- you're wasting your time here... ---- > > At one time I was having an authentication problem with tester. The > user tester seamed to have one password with saslpasswd2 and a > different one with passwd, but I changed them both so that they are > the same now. I don't seam to be having an authentication problem with > tester now, however I seam to have a nagging feeling this might cause > problems. > > Here is a copy of my /etc/imapd.conf > > # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-mail/cyrus-imapd/files/imapd.conf,v > 1.5 2004/08/27 06:02:45 langthang Exp $ > > # Don't forget to use chattr +S (if you are using ext[23]) > # when you change these directories (read the docs). > configdirectory: /var/imap > partition-default: /var/spool/imap > sievedir: /var/imap/sieve > > tls_ca_path: /etc/ssl/certs > tls_cert_file: /etc/ssl/cyrus/server.crt > tls_key_file: /etc/ssl/cyrus/server.key > > # Don't use an everyday user as admin. > admins: cyrus2 > > hashimapspool: yes > allowanonymouslogin: no > allowplaintext: no > > # Allow renaming of top-level mailboxes. > #allowusermoves: yes > > # Use this if sieve-scripts could be in ~user/.sieve. > #sieveusehomedir: yes > > # Use saslauthd if you want to use pam for imap. > # But be warned: login with DIGEST-MD5 or CRAM-MD5 > # is not possible using pam. > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd > > #################################################### > ## This is a recommended authentication method if you > ## emerge cyrus-sasl with 'postgres' or 'mysql' > ## To use with mysql database uncomment those lines below. > > #sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop > #sasl_auxprop_plugin: sql > > ## possible values for sasl_auxprop_plugin 'mysql', 'pgsql', 'sqlite'. > #sasl_sql_engine: mysql > > ## all possible values. > #sasl_mech_list: LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 NTLM > ## or limit to CRAM-MD5 only > #sasl_mech_list: CRAM-MD5 > > ## change below to suit your setup. > sasl_sql_user: mailsqluser > sasl_sql_passwd: password > sasl_sql_database: mailsqldb > sasl_sql_hostnames: localhost > sasl_sql_select: SELECT clear FROM users WHERE email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > > -- My Setup -- > > Version: 2.2.12 cyrus-imapd > 2.1.20 cyrus-sasl > 2.2.10 cyrus-imap-admin > Distro: Gentoo Linux 2005.0 (2005-03-30) > Kernel: version 2.4.29-linode39-1um (User Mode Linux) ---- check your saslauthd.conf for it's methodology. authentication for cyrus-imapd passes to saslauthd and that is obviously where your confusion stems from - you didn't show us that. If all your users are 'real' posix users then you probably want saslauthd to use pam for authentication.
Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
