On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 09:34:55PM +0000, Fazzina, Angelo wrote: > Victor: I messed with it a little but no change.
I did not suggest "messing" with it. :-) > [root@mail2 ~]# bash -c "ls -ld /var{,/lib{,/postfix{,/master.lock}}}" > drwxr-xr-x. 20 root root 4096 Mar 2 2017 /var > drwxr-xr-x. 29 root root 4096 Sep 7 03:46 /var/lib > drwx------. 2 postfix postfix 4096 Sep 7 16:07 /var/lib/postfix > -rw-r--r--. 1 postfix postfix 0 Sep 7 16:07 /var/lib/postfix/master.lock Note those "." characters at the end of the file mode, they likely indicate some sort of file-access ACL beyond the file mode: https://www.cloudinsidr.com/content/understanding-and-settingchanging-access-privileges-on-unixlinux-files-and-directories-mode-bits-and-alternative-access-methods-explained/ GNU's "ls" command uses a dot (".") to indicate a file with an *SELinux security context and no other alternate access method*. A file with *any other combination of alternate access methods* is marked with a *+* character. So you've been SELinux'ed, now turn that off or configure it properly. > [root@mail2 ~]# chmod 744 /var/lib/postfix/ You should not do that, the "postfix set-permissions" command sets the directory mode to 0700. > [root@mail2 ~]# bash -c "ls -ld /var{,/lib{,/postfix{,/master.lock}}}" > drwxr-xr-x. 20 root root 4096 Mar 2 2017 /var > drwxr-xr-x. 29 root root 4096 Sep 7 03:46 /var/lib > drwxr--r--. 2 postfix postfix 4096 Sep 7 16:07 /var/lib/postfix > -rw-r--r--. 1 postfix postfix 0 Sep 7 16:07 /var/lib/postfix/master.lock And yet the funny "." characters remain... -- Viktor.