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Topic: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

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Hi I just installed new iRedmail on my new servers- Primary and Backup server with GlusterFS for mail replication by using this tutorial:

http://www.iredmail.org/wiki/index.php? … _GlusterFS

Everything seems fine except the permission. I tried giving permissions many times as follows as stated in tutorial:

chown -R vmail:vmail /mnt/glusterfs/

But the permission only stays for few minutes and automatically gets reset.

on Primary server it shows once reset :

[root@mail log]# ls -l /mnt/glusterfs/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 4 admroot admroot 4096 Feb 12 19:04 vmail1

On Secondary Server it shows once reset:
[root@mail1 log]# ls -l /mnt/glusterfs/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 4 iredapd policyd 4096 Feb 12 19:04 vmail1

Any suggestions how can I prevent changing these permissions on both servers?

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

No idea at all. sad
Do you have any cron job that will reset permissions?

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

Crontab only shows these entries:

#
# File generated by iRedMail (2013.02.12.22.12.30):
#
# Version:  0.8.3
# Project:  http://www.iredmail.org/
#
# Community: http://www.iredmail.org/forum/
#

#1   5   *   *   *   /usr/sbin/dovecot --exec-mail ext
1   */1   *   *   *   perl /var/www/awstats/awstats.pl -config=web -update >/dev/null
1   */1   *   *   *   perl /var/www/awstats/awstats.pl -config=smtp -update >/dev/null
# iRedMail: Backup OpenLDAP data on 03:00 AM
0   3   *   *   *   /bin/bash /mnt/glusterfs/backup/backup_openldap.sh
# iRedMail: Backup MySQL databases on 03:30 AM
30   3   *   *   *   /bin/bash /mnt/glusterfs/backup/backup_mysql.sh

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

All cron jobs are setup by iRedMail, it should be fine. No idea yet, sorry.
Here's a reference: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.fi … .user/3819

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

Hi Zhang,

Upon googleing, i tried:

auditctl -w /mnt/glusterfs -p war

and check tracing bye:
ausearch -f /mnt/glusterfs/

it shows:

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time->Wed Feb 13 14:47:43 2013
type=PATH msg=audit(1360766863.958:94): item=0 name="/mnt/glusterfs/vmail1/mydomain.com/s/y/s/sys-admin-2013.02.12.22.35.42//Maildir/.Sent" inode=1048598 dev=00:11 mode=040755 ouid=500 ogid=500 rdev=00:00
type=CWD msg=audit(1360766863.958:94):  cwd="/mnt/glusterfs/vmail1/mydomain.com/s/y/s/sys-admin-2013.02.12.22.35.42"
type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1360766863.958:94): arch=c000003e syscall=83 success=no exit=-17 a0=6552f0 a1=1ed a2=ffffffff a3=fffffffc items=1 ppid=3478 pid=5131 auid=4294967295 uid=502 gid=503 euid=502 suid=502 fsuid=502 egid=503 sgid=503 fsgid=503 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="imap" exe="/usr/libexec/dovecot/imap" key=(null)

This is the output when permission gets changed automatically... on glusterfs directory.

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

Not familiar with auditd at all, sorry.
I guess you have to either completely disable auditd service, or add audit rule for directory /mnt/glusterfs.

Could you please show us output of command "dovecot -n" on both GlusterFS nodes?

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

HI Zhang,

Here is the out of Primary server:

# 2.0.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
auth_default_realm = mydomain.com
auth_mechanisms = PLAIN LOGIN
dict {
  acl = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-share-folder.conf
  expire = db:/var/lib/dovecot/expire/expire.db
  quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-used-quota.conf
}
first_valid_uid = 502
last_valid_uid = 502
listen = *
lock_method = dotlock
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
mail_gid = 503
mail_location = maildir:/%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%Lh/Maildir/
mail_uid = 502
managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave
mmap_disable = yes
namespace {
  inbox = yes
  location =
  prefix =
  separator = /
  type = private
}
namespace {
  list = children
  location = maildir:/%%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%%Lh/Maildir/Shared/%%u
  prefix = Shared/%%u/
  separator = /
  subscriptions = yes
  type = shared
}
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
  driver = ldap
}
plugin {
  acl = vfile
  acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl
  auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
  autocreate = INBOX
  autocreate2 = Sent
  autocreate3 = Trash
  autocreate4 = Drafts
  autocreate5 = Junk
  autosubscribe = INBOX
  autosubscribe2 = Sent
  autosubscribe3 = Trash
  autosubscribe4 = Drafts
  autosubscribe5 = Junk
  expire = Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Junk 30
  expire_dict = proxy::expire
  quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict
  quota_rule = *:storage=1G
  quota_warning = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u
  quota_warning2 = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u
  quota_warning3 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u
  sieve = /%Lh/sieve/dovecot.sieve
  sieve_dir = /%Lh/sieve
  sieve_global_dir = /mnt/glusterfs/sieve
  sieve_global_path = /mnt/glusterfs/sieve/dovecot.sieve
}
protocols = pop3 imap sieve
service auth {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/dovecot-auth {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0666
    user = postfix
  }
  unix_listener auth-master {
    group = vmail
    mode = 0666
    user = vmail
  }
  unix_listener auth-userdb {
    group = vmail
    mode = 0660
    user = vmail
  }
}
service dict {
  unix_listener dict {
    group = vmail
    mode = 0660
    user = vmail
  }
}
service quota-warning {
  executable = script /usr/local/bin/dovecot-quota-warning.sh
  unix_listener quota-warning {
    group = vmail
    mode = 0660
    user = vmail
  }
}
ssl = required
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/iRedMail_CA.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/iRedMail.key
userdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
  driver = ldap
}
protocol lda {
  auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
  lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes
  log_path = /var/log/sieve.log
  mail_plugins = quota sieve autocreate
  postmaster_address = root
}
protocol imap {
  imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep
  mail_plugins = quota imap_quota autocreate
}
protocol pop3 {
  mail_plugins = quota
  pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
  pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}

Here is output of secondary server:

# 2.0.18: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
# OS: Linux 2.6.32-279.22.1.el6.x86_64 x86_64 CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
auth_default_realm = mydomain.com
auth_mechanisms = PLAIN LOGIN
dict {
  acl = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-share-folder.conf
  expire = db:/var/lib/dovecot/expire/expire.db
  quotadict = mysql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-used-quota.conf
}
last_valid_uid = 500
listen = *
lock_method = dotlock
log_path = /var/log/dovecot.log
mail_gid = 500
mail_location = maildir:/%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%Lh/Maildir/
mail_uid = 500
managesieve_notify_capability = mailto
managesieve_sieve_capability = fileinto reject envelope encoded-character vacation subaddress comparator-i;ascii-numeric relational regex imap4flags copy include variables body enotify environment mailbox date ihave
mmap_disable = yes
namespace {
  inbox = yes
  location =
  prefix =
  separator = /
  type = private
}
namespace {
  list = children
  location = maildir:/%%Lh/Maildir/:INDEX=/%%Lh/Maildir/Shared/%%u
  prefix = Shared/%%u/
  separator = /
  subscriptions = yes
  type = shared
}
passdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
  driver = ldap
}
plugin {
  acl = vfile
  acl_shared_dict = proxy::acl
  auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
  autocreate = INBOX
  autocreate2 = Sent
  autocreate3 = Trash
  autocreate4 = Drafts
  autocreate5 = Junk
  autosubscribe = INBOX
  autosubscribe2 = Sent
  autosubscribe3 = Trash
  autosubscribe4 = Drafts
  autosubscribe5 = Junk
  expire = Trash 7 Trash/* 7 Junk 30
  expire_dict = proxy::expire
  quota = dict:user::proxy::quotadict
  quota_rule = *:storage=1G
  quota_warning = storage=85%% quota-warning 85 %u
  quota_warning2 = storage=90%% quota-warning 90 %u
  quota_warning3 = storage=95%% quota-warning 95 %u
  sieve = /%Lh/sieve/dovecot.sieve
  sieve_dir = /%Lh/sieve
  sieve_global_dir = /mnt/glusterfs/sieve
  sieve_global_path = /mnt/glusterfs/sieve/dovecot.sieve
}
protocols = pop3 imap sieve
service auth {
  unix_listener /var/spool/postfix/dovecot-auth {
    group = postfix
    mode = 0666
    user = postfix
  }
  unix_listener auth-master {
    group = vmail
    mode = 0666
    user = vmail
  }
  unix_listener auth-userdb {
    group = vmail
    mode = 0660
    user = vmail
  }
}
service dict {
  unix_listener dict {
    group = vmail
    mode = 0660
    user = vmail
  }
}
service quota-warning {
  executable = script /usr/local/bin/dovecot-quota-warning.sh
  unix_listener quota-warning {
    group = vmail
    mode = 0660
    user = vmail
  }
}
ssl = required
ssl_cert = </etc/pki/tls/certs/iRedMail_CA.pem
ssl_key = </etc/pki/tls/private/iRedMail.key
userdb {
  args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
  driver = ldap
}
protocol lda {
  auth_socket_path = /var/run/dovecot/auth-master
  lda_mailbox_autocreate = yes
  log_path = /var/log/sieve.log
  mail_plugins = quota sieve autocreate
  postmaster_address = root
}
protocol imap {
  imap_client_workarounds = tb-extra-mailbox-sep
  mail_plugins = quota imap_quota autocreate
}
protocol pop3 {
  mail_plugins = quota
  pop3_client_workarounds = outlook-no-nuls oe-ns-eoh
  pop3_uidl_format = %08Xu%08Xv
}

I tried to set same UIDs and GIDs on secondary server but once the permissions gets reset automatically dovecot conf changes to 500 uid gid automatically.

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

I guess we have to make sure user/group "vmail/vmail" and "postfix/postfix" have the same UID and GID.

Since it was reset to different user/group, please check UID and GID of below user/group:

- On primary server: user/group -> admroot
- On secondary server: user -> iredapd, group -> policyd

You can check them with command "id":

# id admroot
# id iredapd
# id policyd

If this is the issue, please also update file owner of /var/vmail.

9 (edited by ketan.aagja 2013-02-14 01:02:38)

Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

Here is primary server's UID/GID output:

[root@mail tmp]# id -u vmail
502
[root@mail tmp]# id -g vmail
503
[root@mail tmp]# id -g postfix
89
[root@mail tmp]# id -u postfix
89

[root@mail tmp]# id vmail
uid=502(vmail) gid=503(vmail) groups=503(vmail)
[root@mail tmp]# id postfix
uid=89(postfix) gid=89(postfix) groups=89(postfix),12(mail)


here secondary server's UID/GID output:
[root@mail1 ~]# id -u vmail
500
[root@mail1 ~]# id -g vmail
500
[root@mail1 ~]# id -u postfix
89
[root@mail1 ~]# id -g postfix
89

[root@mail1 ~]# id vmail
uid=500(vmail) gid=500(vmail) groups=500(vmail)
[root@mail1 ~]# id postfix
uid=89(postfix) gid=89(postfix) groups=89(postfix),12(mail)

Both server's vmail UID and GID is diferent, do I have to change it to same as primary on my secondary server?

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

primary server output:

[root@mail tmp]# id admroot
id: admroot: No such user
[root@mail tmp]# id iredapd
uid=504(iredapd) gid=505(iredapd) groups=505(iredapd)
[root@mail tmp]# id policyd
uid=505(policyd) gid=506(policyd) groups=506(policyd)

Secondary server output:

[root@mail1 ~]# id admroot
id: admroot: No such user
[root@mail1 ~]# id iredapd
uid=502(iredapd) gid=502(iredapd) groups=502(iredapd)
[root@mail1 ~]# id policyd
uid=503(policyd) gid=503(policyd) groups=503(policyd)

I had deleted admroot user on both servers earlier.

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

ketan.aagja wrote:

Both server's vmail UID and GID is diferent, do I have to change it to same as primary on my secondary server?

I think so.

Looks like we have to use the same UID/GID while creating vmail user/group. I will fix it later.

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

OK, i update iRedMail to hard-code UID/GID for 3 system accounts we created:

- vmail:vmail -> 2000:2000
- iredadmin:iredadmin -> 2001:2001
- iredapd:iredapd -> 2002:2002

Code commit log: https://bitbucket.org/zhb/iredmail/comm … 81a77e0771

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

hi zhang,

I got it solved after complete re-installation of OS and iRedMail on primary server. Now everything is working fine. I think there must be some issue on Primary server, however it was fresh install then also it was acting weird. After re-installing CentOS 6.3 and configuring GlusterFS and iRedMail, it is working fine now.

Thanks for your kind support.

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

Could you please help verify UID/GID of accounts on both servers?

# id vmail
# id iredapd
# id policyd

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

hi Zhang,

On both servers UID/GIDs are same:

Primary mail server
[root@mail log]# id vmail
uid=500(vmail) gid=500(vmail) groups=500(vmail)
[root@mail log]# id iredapd
uid=502(iredapd) gid=502(iredapd) groups=502(iredapd)
[root@mail log]# id policyd
uid=503(policyd) gid=503(policyd) groups=503(policyd)

Secondary mail server
[root@mail1 ~]# id vmail
uid=500(vmail) gid=500(vmail) groups=500(vmail)
[root@mail1 ~]# id iredapd
uid=502(iredapd) gid=502(iredapd) groups=502(iredapd)
[root@mail1 ~]# id policyd
uid=503(policyd) gid=503(policyd) groups=503(policyd)

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Re: Permissions gets of vmail gets reset automatically

OK, got it. Thanks for your feedback. smile