Gerard Seibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p8 > postfix-current-2.4.20060903,3 > dovecot-1.0.r7 > > I just did a buildworld along with a new kernel this morning. While doing > the installworld, I noticed an error message displayed regarding > the /var/mail directory. I have the directory set to: 1777 so that dovecot > can assess it. The installworld process reset the permissions to 0775 which > were not sufficient for Dovecot. > > The dovecot.log file had over a hundred entries similar to this: > > deliver(gerard): Error: > open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1123.cd38cd4d82e1368f) failed: > Permission denied > deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox > file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied > > Obviously the /var/log/maillog had similar fail warnings. > > By changing the permission to 1777 on the /var/mail directory and running > postsuper -r ALL, I was able to get the mail delivered. This is the second > time this has happened. The last time I rebuild world I experienced the > same phenomena. Why does build world insist on changing the directory > permissions and is there a way I can prevent it from doing so? > > What I am trying to determine is if I really should have those settings on > the directory, or if I have something configured wrong in either postfix or > dovecot.
Those permissions are awfully lenient, but if you've got a single-user machine, I suppose you could live with it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
