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Unable to start Dovecot:Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/sbin/dovecot: Permission denied

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Alexander Tsmokalyuk
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Plesk for Linux kb: technical ABT: Group B

Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux

Symptoms

  • Dovecot fails to start with the following error in /var/log/syslog file:

    CONFIG_TEXT: Sep 9 04:06:09 vps1 systemd[6778]: Failed at step NAMESPACE spawning /usr/sbin/dovecot: Permission denied

  • Server is running inside LXC container

Cause

AppArmor policies on LXC host server side.

Resolution

Adjust AppArmor policies on LXC host server side: How to enable bind mount inside lxc container

OR

  1. Connect to the server via SSH.

  2. For the service unit set PrivateTmp to false:

    • For Debian 8 and higher:

      # cat /lib/systemd/system/dovecot.service
      ...
      [Service]
      PrivateTmp=false

  3. Reload systemd manager configuration:

    # systemctl daemon-reload

  4. Start Dovecot:

    # systemctl start dovecot.service

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