Le samedi 20 juin 2009 01:08, mouss a écrit : > Carlos Williams a écrit : > > I notice that when I create a user in my Postfix server, I also create > > a file located in /var/spool/mail: > > > > ******************************************************************** > > > > [r...@mail mail]# ls -l > > total 0 > > -rw-rw---- 1 user1 mail 0 Jun 8 11:35 user1 > > -rw-rw---- 1 user2 mail 0 Jun 5 08:41 user2 > > -rw-rw---- 1 user3 mail 0 Jun 9 10:00 user3 > > -rw-rw---- 1 user4 mail 0 Jun 8 10:37 user4 > > -rw-rw---- 1 user5 mail 0 May 21 15:15 user5 > > -rw-rw---- 1 user6 mail 0 May 28 16:06 user6 > > -rw-rw---- 1 user7 mail 0 May 21 15:20 user7 > > -rw-rw---- 1 user8 mail 0 May 20 10:04 user8 > > > > ******************************************************************** > > > > I have Postfix running with /Maildir style mailboxes and all the users > > email gets stored in their /home directory so I am not > > sure why my Linux / Postfix system is generating these files. I > > normally don't mess with files in /var unless I know what I am > > doing which I obviously don't. Can someone tell me: > > > > 1 - Why this files are being generated > > it's your "adduser" command. This is not postfix related. > > > 2 - Can I delete them > > Probably, unless something relies on. I would just leave them. > .
> > 3 - How can I prevent future new users from having files generated in > > this directory > > don't fight against the system. peace near fight peace near live peace for all them > > > All the files are blank / empty so it does not appear to be doing much > > from what I can see. > > These are not the only useless files your system, so why lose your time?
