On 18/08/17 22:57, Tom Browder wrote: > In spite of its old age, I use the "Postfix" book by Kyle Dent for ease > of basic reference. I am now stepping through configuration and I can't > find whether the postfix commands should be executed as root or the > postfix user. > > I think it should be as root, but would appreciate an expert opinion.
Some commands need to be run as the superuser and some can be run as an unprivileged user. I'm not aware of any postfix commands that need to be run specifically as the postfix user. The documentation for each command states what the requirements are for running it. Peter
