dovecot: lda(root): Error: user root: Initialization failed: Namespace ”: stat(/root/Maildir) failed: Permission denied

Apr 29 14:37:45 sd-71796 dovecot: lda(root): Error: user root: Initialization failed: Namespace ”: stat(/root/Maildir) failed: Permission denied (euid=65534(nobody) egid=65534(nogroup) missing +x perm: /root, dir owned by 0:0 mode=0700)

OK!

I’v created an aliase…

Edit /etc/postfix/virtual

nano /etc/postfix/virtual

Add the entry

root@example.com    existing_user

Rebuild postmap

sudo postmap /etc/postfix/virtual

Sources

• http://serverfault.com/questions/561410/dovecot-configuration-error-permission-denied-email-for-root