On 3 Jul 2019, at 17:23, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > Currently running 3.4.5 on Slackware-14.2. After each upgrade I run 'postfix > set-permissions upgrade-configuration' then adjust ownerships as needed. > > When I upgraded to 3.4.5 last weekend I found that when /var/spool/postfix > has owner.group of root.postfix the server would not start.
On my FreeBSD system: # ls -lsd /var/spool/postfix 8 drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 512 May 19 13:05 /var/spool/postfix Slackware issue? > Changing the > owner from root to postfix allowed the server to start, but the daily log > file report told me: > > not owned by root: /var/spool/postfix/pid All the directories in /var/spool/postfix are owned by postfix except for pid, which is owned by root. > In /var/spool/postfix: > > drwx------ 2 postfix postfix 20480 Jun 23 07:57 active/ > drwx------ 2 postfix postfix 4096 Jun 23 07:57 bounce/ > drwx------ 2 postfix postfix 4096 Jun 23 07:57 corrupt/ > drwx------ 18 postfix postfix 4096 Jun 23 07:57 defer/ > drwx------ 18 postfix postfix 4096 Jun 23 07:57 deferred/ > drwx------ 2 postfix postfix 4096 Jun 23 07:57 flush/ > drwx------ 2 postfix postfix 4096 Jun 23 07:57 hold/ > drwx------ 2 postfix postfix 16384 Jun 23 07:57 incoming/ > drwx-wx--- 2 postfix postdrop 24576 Jun 23 07:57 maildrop/ > drwxr-xr-x 2 postfix root 4096 Jun 23 07:57 pid/ > drwx------ 2 postfix postfix 4096 Jun 23 07:57 private/ > drwx--x--- 2 postfix postdrop 4096 Jun 23 07:57 public/ > drwx------ 2 postfix postfix 4096 Jun 23 07:57 saved/ > drwx------ 2 postfix postfix 4096 Jun 23 07:57 trace/ 8 drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 512 May 19 13:05 . 8 drwxr-xr-x 12 root wheel 512 May 17 18:46 .. 8 drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 Jul 4 03:51 active 8 drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 Jul 2 20:30 bounce 8 drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 May 19 13:05 corrupt 8 drwx------ 18 postfix wheel 512 Jan 23 2018 defer 8 drwx------ 18 postfix wheel 512 Jan 23 2018 deferred 8 drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 May 19 13:05 flush 8 drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 May 19 13:05 hold 8 drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 Jul 4 03:51 incoming 8 drwx-wx--- 2 postfix maildrop 512 Jul 4 03:51 maildrop 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 root postfix 512 Jun 13 06:39 pid 8 drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 Jul 3 04:01 private 8 drwx--x--- 2 postfix maildrop 512 Jun 25 22:14 public 8 drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 May 19 13:05 saved 8 drwx------ 2 postfix wheel 512 Jun 7 04:38 trace
