Run chatmail-metadata and doveauth as vmail

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## untagged 
 
+- Run chatmail-metadata and doveauth as vmail
+  ([#261](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/261))
+
 - Apply systemd restrictions to echobot
   ([#259](https://github.com/deltachat/chatmail/pull/259))
 

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py

@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ def deploy_chatmail(config_path: Path) -> None:
         system=True,
     )
 
+    server.shell(
+        name="Fix file owner in /home/vmail",
+        commands=["test -d /home/vmail && chown -R vmail:vmail /home/vmail"],
+    )
+
     apt.update(name="apt update", cache_time=24 * 3600)
 
     apt.packages(

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/service/chatmail-metadata.service.f

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Description=Chatmail dict proxy for IMAP METADATA
 ExecStart={execpath} /run/dovecot/metadata.socket vmail /home/vmail/mail/{mail_domain}
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=30
+User=vmail
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target

cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/service/doveauth.service.f

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Description=Chatmail dict authentication proxy for dovecot
 ExecStart={execpath} /run/dovecot/doveauth.socket vmail /home/vmail/passdb.sqlite {config_path}
 Restart=always
 RestartSec=30
+User=vmail
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target