Sun Chong: > > 1. Does the install script not set the correct permissions/ownerships > > ?? on installed files? From the logs: > > I know that the permissions are set if you do this: > > 1) untar source from mirrors at www.postfix.org 2) make (or "make > makefiles" with documented options for LDAP, SQL, etc) 3) make > install > >That's the procedure I followed. I even created a postfix user/group
Show te evidence. Remove /etc/postfix, then use the "script" command to build and install (exit from the shell to terminate the script command). If you installed Postfix with a non-default install_root parameter, then you failed to read the instructions. > > > 2. Why is local(8) trying to expand search_base from ldap_table(5)? > > Because *someone* turned on LDAP lookups. Postfix installed as > per steps 1..3 above does not look up LDAP, SQL, etc. at all. > >Well, that someone was me. The question was not why it it does LDAP >lookups, Because you turned on LDAP lookups. See ADDRESS_REWRITING_README for all local(8) lookups that happen BEFORE mailbox delivery. Wietse