Can't read Dovecot inbox!

[Daniel J Walsh]

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On 09/30/2012 10:19 AM, Arthur Dent wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have just run yum update on my F17 server and it updated amongst other 
> things selinux and dovecot (and a new kernel).
> 
> I have rebooted, yet I cannot now ssh into it from outside my network, I 
> can't get mail from outside my network (accessing the dovecot IMAP server
> running on the box) and from within my network I can access using (for
> example) my Evolution client, all the folders which are held under ~/mail
> (and into which procmail filters stuff), but I CANNOT access the INBOX
> (/var/spool/mail/mark).
> 
> In Evolution, I can see the mail that was there, but if I click on any of
> the emails it refuses to display the email.
> 
> There were some of these in /var/log/dovecot: 
> ========================================8<============================= Sep
> 30 14:25:37 imap-login: Warning: Auth process not responding, delayed
> sending greeting: user=<>, rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.2, TLS,
> session=<PbZ2OevKiADAqAIE> Sep 30 14:25:57 imap-login: Error: Timeout
> waiting for handshake from auth server. my pid=1405, input bytes=0 Sep 30
> 14:25:57 imap-login: Info: Disconnected: Auth process broken (disconnected
> before greeting, waited 30 secs): user=<>, rip=192.168.2.4,
> lip=192.168.2.2, TLS, session=<BIJ2OevKhwDAqAIE> Sep 30 14:25:57
> imap-login: Error: Timeout waiting for handshake from auth server. my
> pid=1406, input bytes=0 Sep 30 14:25:57 imap-login: Info: Disconnected:
> Auth process broken (disconnected before greeting, waited 30 secs):
> user=<>, rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.2, TLS, session=<PbZ2OevKiADAqAIE> 
> ========================================8<=============================
> 
> But the most recent attempt to login with Evolution simply produced this: 
> ========================================8<============================= Sep
> 30 14:57:34 imap-login: Info: Login: user=<helena>, method=PLAIN,
> rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.2, mpid=2264, TLS,
> session=<C2XAq+vKlgDAqAIE> Sep 30 14:57:34 imap-login: Info: Login:
> user=<mark>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.2.4, lip=192.168.2.2, mpid=2265,
> TLS, session=<WnHAq+vKlQDAqAIE> 
> ========================================8<=============================
> 
> Which seems OK
> 
> doveconf -n shows: 
> ========================================8<============================= #
> doveconf -n # 2.1.10: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf # OS: Linux
> 3.5.4-2.fc17.i686.PAE i686 Fedora release 17 (Beefy Miracle) 
> disable_plaintext_auth = no log_path = /var/log/dovecot mail_location =
> mbox:~/mail:INBOX=/var/spool/mail/%u mail_privileged_group = mail 
> mbox_write_locks = fcntl namespace inbox { inbox = yes location = mailbox
> Drafts { special_use = \Drafts } mailbox Junk { special_use = \Junk } 
> mailbox Sent { special_use = \Sent } mailbox "Sent Messages" { special_use
> = \Sent } mailbox Trash { special_use = \Trash } prefix = } passdb { args =
> scheme=CRYPT username_format=%u /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } 
> ssl = required ssl_cert = </etc/pki/dovecot/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key =
> </etc/pki/dovecot/private/dovecot.pem userdb { args = username_format=%u
> /etc/dovecot/users driver = passwd-file } 
> ========================================8<=============================
> 
> 
> Help! What do I do - I need to be able to access my mail!
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
Any avc messages?

ausearch -m avc -ts recent

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