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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi MacPorts Users.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I have a Mac mini running OS X Yosemite and I'm attempting to follow these instructions:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/SetupDovecot">https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/SetupDovecot</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I have a problem here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Step 2: create directories<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>When I enter the following at the command line:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>sudo chown _dovecot:_dovecot /opt/local/var/log/dovecot OS X responds with the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>chown: _dovecot: illegal group name<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Previous command line code entered, from here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="https://trac.macports.org/attachment/wiki/howto/SetupDovecot/Make_Dovecot_User.command">https://trac.macports.org/attachment/wiki/howto/SetupDovecot/Make_Dovecot_User.command</a>:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>sudo dscl . -create /Groups/_dovecot<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>sudo dscl . -create /Groups/_dovecot UniqueID 30 sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dovecot sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dovecot UserShell /bin/false sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dovecot RealName "Dovecot IMAP Server"<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dovecot UniqueID 30 sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dovecot PrimaryGroupID 30 sudo dscl . -create /Users/_dovecot NFSHomeDirectory /opt/local/var/run/dovecot<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Notes:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The _dovecot Group isn't assigned a PrimaryGroupID, but instead a UniqueID.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>A PrimaryGroupID of 30 is assigned to the _dovecot User.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>When I view a list of all Groups via the following command:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>dscl . readall /groups<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I see a PrimaryGroupID of 30 has already been assigned to _keytabusers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I’m unsure what to do; the following are potential options:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Assign the Group _dovecot a PrimaryGroupID; this may prevent the 'chown: _dovecot: illegal group name' OS X response.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Assign a different PrimaryGroupID, i.e. other than 30, to both User and Group to avoid the potential conflict with _keytabusers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>There may have already been a _dovecot User or Group in the 200 range that I deleted as a result of my confusion. Perhaps this was assigned during the earlier 'Install dovecot' command, i.e. 'port install dovecot'. Do<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>you know what the original PrimaryGroupID of such a User or Group was?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If a different PrimaryGroupID is used, i.e. other than 30, presumably the one I deleted would be best.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Another option is to upgrade to OS X El Capitan, although I'm not sure whether that will remove the dovecot install thereby allowing me to start again. I'm also unsure whether I could run the 'port install dovecot'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>command a second time in OS X Yosemite to restore the _dovecot User / Group. Alternatively, perhaps 'port uninstall dovecot' is a valid command to allow me to start again.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I've seen reference to dovecot2 in the macports-users archives; perhaps this requires a different syntax, i.e. not 'port install dovecot'.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks and best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Karl.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>