Len Conrad:
> the end of kdump :
>
> 18781 master CALL setuid(0)
> 18781 master RET setuid 0
> 18781 master CALL gettimeofday(0xbfbfde78,0)
> 18781 master RET gettimeofday 0
> 18781 master CALL getpid
> 18781 master RET getpid 18781/0x495d
> 18781 master CALL sendto(0x3,0xbfbfdebe,0x81,0,0,0)
> 18781 master GIO fd 3 wrote 129 bytes
> "<18>May 20 14:51:40 postfix/master[18781]: fatal: open lock file
> /var/db/postfix/master.lock: cannot open file: Permission denied"
> 18781 master RET sendto 129/0x81
> 18781 master CALL nanosleep(0xbfbfebc8,0xbfbfebc0)
> 18781 master RET nanosleep 0
> 18781 master CALL exit(0x1)
In that case, you have an error message in the syslog file.
> Just to get something going, I've chmod -R 777 /var/db/postfix, but no change.
Of course not. The directory can be accessible ONLY if the PARENT
directories are accessible.
Wietse