> During the most recent upgrade I inadvertently altered owner, group, > and/or permissions in /var/spool/postfix. I've looked for information in > all > the README files that seemed applicable but have not found a list of how > /var/spool/postfix subdirectories should be set. Please point me to a doc > that has this information. > > While 'postfix check' shows no errors, when I run mailx from the > command > line I get warnings about an inability to write to > /var/spool/postfix/maildrop. That subdirectory is configured as: > > drwxr-sr-x 2 postfix postdrop 12288 Aug 6 09:55 maildrop/
Needs Group Write. See that little "s"? That's special. Postfix uses a very interesting trick of having the executables set the GroupID when being run as the user, and this allows them to get into directories when the user they are running as normally cannot. sudo chmod +wg ./maildrop ... if memory serves. > > and so is public/ > > drwx--s--- 2 postfix postdrop 4096 Aug 6 10:22 public/ > > I want a list of owners, groups, and permissions I can keep here so I > can > repair inadvertent changes during future upgrades. > > Rich > Aloha mai Nai`a. -- " So this is how Liberty dies ... http://kapu.net/~mjwise/ " To Thunderous Applause.
