Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-20 Thread LuKreme
On Mar 20, 2018, at 01:23, Aki Tuomi wrote: > This will disable syslog usage. Thank you, I’ll disable that and use rsyslogd to split out the dovecot related logging then. -- My main job is trying to come up with new and innovative and effective ways to reject even more mail. I'm up to about 9

Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-20 Thread Aki Tuomi
On 19.03.2018 23:19, @lbutlr wrote: > On 2018-03-19 (14:20 MDT), Odhiambo Washington wrote: >> I have been running FreeBSD since 1997, so I know quite a lot about it! >> I know about /etc/syslog.conf, but you do realize now that you are >> conflicting yourself? > No, I am not, I pointed out tha

Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-19 Thread @lbutlr
On 2018-03-19 (14:20 MDT), Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > I have been running FreeBSD since 1997, so I know quite a lot about it! > I know about /etc/syslog.conf, but you do realize now that you are > conflicting yourself? No, I am not, I pointed out that dovecot does not writ ether logs, but t

Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-19 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On 19 March 2018 at 23:19, Roger Klorese wrote: > So is yours. > > Why not say what SHOULD be done? Since we were discussing logging, > including only the lines about logging seem to be a reasonable response to > the original open-ended question. “Please include the complete output of > ‘dovecot

Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-19 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On 19 March 2018 at 22:48, @lbutlr wrote: > On 2018-03-19 (13:19 MDT), Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > > Plus, if dovecot is able to write to a file owned by root:wheel, then > there is a BIG problem right there!!! > > Logging is generally done by syslogd, not directly by the process. So no, >

Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-19 Thread Roger Klorese
So is yours. Why not say what SHOULD be done? Since we were discussing logging, including only the lines about logging seem to be a reasonable response to the original open-ended question. “Please include the complete output of ‘dovecot -n’” would get your point across instead of just letting you

Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-19 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On 19 March 2018 at 22:45, @lbutlr wrote: > On 2018-03-19 (13:19 MDT), Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > > What does your doveconf -n have? > > imap_id_log = * > log_path = /var/log/dovecot > This is a very useless response! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254 7 3200 0004/+

Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-19 Thread @lbutlr
On 2018-03-19 (13:19 MDT), Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > Plus, if dovecot is able to write to a file owned by root:wheel, then there > is a BIG problem right there!!! Logging is generally done by syslogd, not directly by the process. So no, dovecot is not writing to a file owned by root anymo

Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-19 Thread @lbutlr
On 2018-03-19 (13:19 MDT), Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > What does your doveconf -n have? imap_id_log = * log_path = /var/log/dovecot -- I have a love child who sends me hate mail

Re: Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-19 Thread Odhiambo Washington
/0/0.04, dsn=4.3.0, > status=deferred (temporary failure. Command output: Can't open log file > /var/log/dovecot: Permission denied ) > > What should the permissions on /var/log/dovecot be? (they are 640 > root:wheel on FreeBSD, identical to mail.log) Is Postfix really supposed to w

Permissions on /var/log/dovecot

2018-03-19 Thread @lbutlr
x27;t open log file /var/log/dovecot: Permission denied ) What should the permissions on /var/log/dovecot be? (they are 640 root:wheel on FreeBSD, identical to mail.log)