Re: Problem with authentication in dovecot

On 5/21/26 1:05 PM, John Stoffel wrote:
> Can you just post the link to the discussion and or just cross post
> the solution?  It's something to do with apparmor, but how was it
> fixed?

Sure, Happy to:

https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/4WJG4FHBF2KLRYOEHGGWLIUFV6JNSWOT/

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See reply by Andrei Borzenkov
20 May 14:38

On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 3:37 PM Freek de Kruijf <[email protected]> wrote:
...

It is part of <abstractions/base> which is not included by the
usr.lib.dovecot.log
...

     type=AVC msg=audit(1779273828.644:3175): apparmor="DENIED" 
operation="sendmsg" class="file" profile="dovecot" 
name="/systemd/notify" pid=17422 comm="dovecot" requested_mask="w" 
denied_mask="w" fsuid=0 ouid=0

That explains the service timeout. AFAICT this is set on a case by
case basis for service processes that need it.
...

     I did put profiles dovecot-log and dovecot in complain mode. Hope 
that helps.

Even more helpful would be the bug report.

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