Hi there! I run Postfix on CentOS 5.5 with virtual domains. Mail is supposed to be delivered to maildirs. Everything worked with a sendmail/mbox setup for the same domain, so MX issues can be eliminated immediately :)
I'm trying to set up a virtual mail hosting on a testing machine, following the tutorial at: http://howtoforge.net/linux_postfix_virtual_hosting Here's the issue. Message file cannot be written to tmp folder because of "Permission denied". Needless to say, both owherships and permissions were checked by hand descending from base (/var/spool/vmail) to the bottom. To check misspelled directory names, I've copied the full path and run #cd /var/spool/vmail/minu.biz/toomas/tmp/ - worked fine. I've even tried to chmod -R 0777 /var/spool/vmail (it is a testing machine), but even then I've got the very same "Permission denied". Disabling SELinux didn't work either. Maildirs WERE created in advance, exactly as the message suggests. It's late, and I'm running out of ideas. Please, help. Exerpt from maillog: Nov 9 18:27:45 rh2 postfix/smtpd[5139]: warning: dict_nis_init: NIS domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled Nov 9 18:27:45 rh2 postfix/smtpd[5139]: connect from smtp-out.neti.ee[194.126.126.41] Nov 9 18:27:46 rh2 postfix/smtpd[5139]: 0028C1F494: client=smtp-out.neti.ee[194.126.126.41] Nov 9 18:27:46 rh2 postfix/cleanup[5143]: 0028C1F494: message-id=<1f1c29e7-c1cd-4eff-907a-42bd5f491...@vendelin.com> Nov 9 18:27:46 rh2 postfix/smtpd[5139]: disconnect from smtp-out.neti.ee[194.126.126.41] Nov 9 18:27:46 rh2 postfix/qmgr[4738]: 0028C1F494: from=<x...@yyy.com>, size=1507, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Nov 9 18:27:46 rh2 postfix/virtual[5144]: warning: maildir access problem for UID/GID=5000/5000: create maildir file /var/spool/vmail/minu.biz/toomas/tmp/1289320066.P5144.rh2.tere.com: Permission denied Nov 9 18:27:46 rh2 postfix/virtual[5144]: warning: perhaps you need to create the maildirs in advance Nov 9 18:27:46 rh2 postfix/virtual[5144]: 0028C1F494: to=<too...@minu.biz>, relay=virtual, delay=0.07, delays=0.05/0.01/0/0.01, dsn=4.2.0, status=deferred (maildir delivery failed: create maildir file /var/spool/vmail/minu.biz/toomas/tmp/1289320066.P5144.rh2.tere.com: Permission denied) Output of postconf -n: command_directory = /usr/sbin config_directory = /etc/postfix daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix inet_interfaces = all mail_owner = postfix mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost mydomain = $myhostname myhostname = rh2.tere.com mynetworks = 192.168.50.0/24 myorigin = $mydomain queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix relay_domains = $mydestination virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/valias virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/spool/vmail virtual_mailbox_domains = /etc/postfix/vhosts virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmaps virtual_uid_maps = static:5000
