Solved my permission problem - the act of posting the question provided the solution.
 
Dave


From: Dave J. Hornford [mailto:dave.hornford@hornfordassociates.com]
Sent: November 5, 2006 7:22 PM
To: CentOS mailing list
Subject: [CentOS] Lstat & Dovecot

I am chasing a problem with dovecot generating an error:
lstat(/var/spool/virtual_mailboxes/[domain dir]/[user dir]/Maildir/cur) failed: Permission denied
 
I first tried making the directory world readable, same error. Them tried to lstat [the path] at the console and receive the error:
lstat: command not found
 
I have a manpage on lstat, but no file. "Yum provides" showed the manpages, but no rpm I could find
 
What rpm is it in? (Or, have I started down a path that doesn't involve this application & Dovecot isn't clear)
 
Thanks
Dave