Jeffrey Walton:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote:
> > Jeffrey Walton:
> >> I've been suffering a permission problem in Postfix/Dovecot for a
> >> couple of days now. The setup is using virtual domains and users, so
> >> the path to user's `home` is `/var/mail/<domain>/<user>`; and the path
> >> to `MailDir` is `/var/mail/<domain>/<user>/MailDir`
> >>
> >> The mail logs continue to show a *Permission Denied*:
> >
> > You show PERMISSIONS (owner, group) of files/directories.
> >
> > What are the PRIVILEGES (uid,gid) of the Postfix process that delivers mail?
> Thanks Wietse. Forgive my ignorance here.... I only know about `postconf -n`.
> How can I provide the privileges that Postfix is using?
drw-rws--- 4 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 2 18:19 /var/mail/deltoid.com
drw-rws--- 3 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 3 04:47 /var/mail/deltoid.com/jeff
drw-rws--- 2 vmail vmail 4096 Apr 3 04:47 /var/mail/deltoid.com/jeff/Maildir
These directory permissions should have 'x' permissions added. Adding
these does not mean that the problem will be solved. There may be other
mistakes such as incorrect SeLinux configuration.
Wietse
