Wietse Venema: > Stephen Holmes: > > Hmm, then it gets stranger. /etc/postfix/mysql/virtual-mailbox-maps.cf > > is a file in the local file system, as are the postfix binaries and in > > fact the /var/spool/postfix queues. All that's hosted on the remote NFS > > server is the actual user mailboxes. The MySQL files are root > > accessible, as are the other postfix files in /etc. The dovecot agent > > has no problems, so I guess my question is what persmissions are > > required for the mysql .cf files, and the /vmail folder. > > If root can do "cat /etc/postfix/mysql/virtual-mailbox-maps.cf" > but the Postfix virtual delivery agent running as root can open
can -> cannot > the file, then you have something that interferes with file system > access, like Selinux, Apparmor, Systrace, and so on. Configuring > such systems is outside the scope of Postfix. > > Wietse > >