Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:12:33 -0400 From: Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Permissions on /var/mail directory Message-ID: <200609291112.43992.gerard@seibercom.net>
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--nextPart2930674.GYyjkorm5l Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline =46reeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p8 postfix-current-2.4.20060903,3 dovecot-1.0.r7 I just did a buildworld along with a new kernel this morning. While doing=20 the installworld, I noticed an error message displayed regarding=20 the /var/mail directory. I have the directory set to: 1777 so that dovecot= =20 can assess it. The installworld process reset the permissions to 0775 which= =20 were not sufficient for Dovecot. The dovecot.log file had over a hundred entries similar to this: deliver(gerard): Error:=20 open(/var/mail/.temp.scorpio.seibercom.net.1123.cd38cd4d82e1368f) failed:=20 Permission denied deliver(gerard): Error: file_lock_dotlock() failed with mbox=20 file /var/mail/gerard: Permission denied Obviously the /var/log/maillog had similar fail warnings. By changing the permission to 1777 on the /var/mail directory and running=20 postsuper -r ALL, I was able to get the mail delivered. This is the second= =20 time this has happened. The last time I rebuild world I experienced the=20 same phenomena. Why does build world insist on changing the directory=20 permissions and is there a way I can prevent it from doing so? What I am trying to determine is if I really should have those settings on= =20 the directory, or if I have something configured wrong in either postfix or= =20 dovecot. =2D-=20 Gerard Seibert gerard@seibercom.net Antique fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood. Modern fairy tale: Oswald, acting alone, shot Kennedy. --nextPart2930674.GYyjkorm5l Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFHTfrs3R1WQUU6lgRAgkcAKCp1Tur3hdNRLN8A7uW9E9cRDRp0wCfRRRw brN7SXdH6/lTQSSKGQFMIRY= =H8D1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2930674.GYyjkorm5l--
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