I tried to follow the guide at http://arstechnica.com/information-...rt-2-arming-your-server-with-postfix-dovecot/ to set up e-mail server on Ubuntu, but I am getting this error and I don't know how to fix it.
Can any one guide me?
Mar 24 09:41:23 mailserver dovecot: lda(johnDoe): Error: user johnDoe: Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: mkdir(/var/mail/vmail//johnDoel/mail) failed: Permission denied (euid=1000(johnDoe) egid=1000(johnDoe) missing +w perm: /var/mail/vmail/, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0755)
I have followed all instructions in the guide but somehow I am getting this permission issue error.
Can any one guide me?
Mar 24 09:41:23 mailserver dovecot: lda(johnDoe): Error: user johnDoe: Initialization failed: Initializing mail storage from mail_location setting failed: mkdir(/var/mail/vmail//johnDoel/mail) failed: Permission denied (euid=1000(johnDoe) egid=1000(johnDoe) missing +w perm: /var/mail/vmail/, dir owned by 5000:5000 mode=0755)
I have followed all instructions in the guide but somehow I am getting this permission issue error.