On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 13:29 -0500, Noel Jones wrote:
> EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote:
> > On Wed, 2009-06-24 at 14:02 -0400, Victor Duchovni wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 06:54:37PM +0100, Steve wrote:
> >>
> >>>>>>> milter_default_action = tempfail
> >>>>>> "/private/samilte" != /home/mail/email/private/samilter
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Postfix runs chrooted and the absolute would be incorrect. It's chrooted
> >>>>> to /home/mail/email hence it is correct as far as I understand it.
> >>>> Note, the difference is more than just the path prefix.
> >>>>
> >>> That was just a pasting typo. Apologies. It is correct on the box
> >>> (samilter)
> >> It looks like some of your smtpd(8) master.cf entries are chrooted and
> >> others are not. You should use the unchrooted pathname in both cases,
> >> and make a symlink:
> >>
> >> /home/mail/email/home/mail/email -> /
> >>
> >> so that the same pathname works in both cases.
> >>
> > That sounds plausible enough to me. I'm sure I read that symlinks and
> > chrooting was carnage - but I'm willing to give anything a go. It's not
> > going to bring down the space station :-)
> >
> > My only confusion is where do I put the symlink. To make matters a
> > struggle for me I'm dyslexic so please forgive me a little as I'm
> > struggling to follow this: /home/mail/email/home/mail/email - I see the
> > same things twice and this locks me up a bit.
> >
> > For my own clarity (I'll adapt this when I unscramble it) I guess it
> > would be OK to make a symlink to the socket thus;
> >
> > LINK POINTS TO: /home/mail/email/private/samilter
> > WHERE DO I 'PUT' LINK? Where does the link need to be -v- the
> > duplication in the path is confusing me.
> >
> > ln -s /home/mail/email/private/samilter / # run
> > from /home/mail/email ???
> >
>
> I find it easier to use inet: sockets rather than unix:
> sockets for milters.
>
> No chroot, path or permission issues...
>
> -- Noel Jones
The milter concerned does not offer that facility.
