2006/2/4, Patrick Nelson <pnelson@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > I have a need (testing) to set up a POP3 server. I kind of need a quick > solution so I picked dovecot. It installed fine with the requirement of > mysql. > > I used the default dovecot.conf and service dovecot start <- OK > > Then I added a user with adduser testuser and passwd testuser > > Then I tried to log in with telnet localhost 110, USER testuser <-OK , > and PASS xxxxx <-OK > > However I get a error in maillog about permission problems with > /home/testuser. > > Search the archives and found some mention of this being associated to > SELinux. I did google and find that selinux-policy-strict-sources would > give the ability to use dovecot with SELinux. > > Has anyone found this to be true? Or has there been some other way of > getting it working without dumping SELinux? > Maybe this could help: # restorecon /home I remeber having seen simallar errors in maillog which disappeard after doning this command. Ciao, Bart
