Re: Unable to create a dot-lock

Mark Constable writes:

> Apr 10 22:55:06 hp maildrop[17807]: Unable to create a dot-lock at
>  /var/vmail/[email protected]/goldcoast.org/17807.0.hp.
>
> The above path should be more like...
>
>  /var/vmail/goldcoast.org/markc/17807.0.hp.
>
> so I don't think this is a simple case of incorrect permissions.
>
> I put a script in place of /usr/bin/maildrop...
>
> ~ ll /usr/bin/maildrop*
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root       78 Apr 10 13:07 /usr/bin/maildrop*
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root daemon 196000 Jan 23 23:32 /usr/bin/maildrop.orig*
>
> ~ cat /usr/bin/maildrop
> #!/bin/sh
> (echo $*; id ; env) | logger -p mail.info
> /usr/bin/maildrop.orig $*
>
> And the result is below just after the above dot-lock error...
>
> Apr 10 22:55:06 hp logger: -d vmail [email protected] markc goldcoast.org  
> [email protected]
> Apr 10 22:55:06 hp logger: uid=5000(vmail) gid=5000(vmail) groups=5000(vmail)
> Apr 10 22:55:06 hp logger: MAIL_CONFIG=/etc/postfix
> Apr 10 22:55:06 hp logger: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
> Apr 10 22:55:06 hp logger: PWD=/var/spool/postfix
> Apr 10 22:55:06 hp logger: LANG=C
> Apr 10 22:55:06 hp logger: SHLVL=1
> Apr 10 22:55:06 hp logger: _=/usr/bin/env
>
> postfix settings for maildrop are...
>
> ./master.cf:maildrop  unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
> ./master.cf:  flags=DRhu user=vmail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d vmail $ 
> {extension} ${recipient} ${user} ${nexthop} ${sender}
>
>
> I know this list is for the standalone maildrop package but I'm not
> 100% sure if I should be using courier-maildrop or just maildrop in
> this situation. ATM this is with courier-maildrop and postfix 2.10.0.

This would be the maildrop package. Courier-maildrop is only for Courier.

Looks like maildrop gets invoked to deliver mail to the 'vmail' user, for  
all recipients, with the recipient's actual email address passed as a  
parameter. The vmail user must have a .mailfilter file that figures out  
where the mail gets delivered to. That's script is doing something wrong,  
and that's what you need to fix.

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