Luc Pardon:
> Hello,
> 
> Running Postfix 3.3.1 under Linux, postfix-script produces pointless
> warnings if/when there are symbolic links in or below $config_directory.

The problem is that the symlink may point to any location including
a file under an unsafe directory such as /var/tmp or /home/user.

Unless you are constraining the target of the symlink (and your
patch does not), this is a security hole waiting to happen.

        Wietse

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