Wietse Venema wrote: > Stephen Holmes: > >> I've had to use dovecot/deliver for mail delivery because >> postfix/virtual continues to give... >> >> mail postfix/virtual[1063]: fatal: open >> /etc/postfix/mysql/virtual-mailbox-maps.cf: Permission denied >> > > The Postfix virtual delivery agent opens such files before it > gives up root privileges. > > Normally, root can open all files. Your system is not normal. > > Typically this is the result of interference from "security" > software such as Selinux, Apparmor, etc. > Thanks Wietse, I did notice that my NFS was exporting with a root_squash, but changing that to no_root_squash returned the permissions, but strangely not to the postfix system. When I see this error, is it referring to (a) access to the .cf file itself or (b) access to the folder galloping.com/stephen (with /vmail prefixed) ?
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