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Date:      Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:33:12 +0200
From:      Vinzstyle <vinzstyle@free.fr>
To:        jgimer@gmail.com
Cc:        owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Postfix doesn't start
Message-ID:  <200910042133.12933.vinzstyle@free.fr>
In-Reply-To: <2117530918-1254683459-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1616429688-@bda081.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>
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Le dimanche 4 octobre 2009 21:09:05 jgimer@gmail.com, vous avez =C3=A9crit :
> What are the actual permissions on the lock file, not just the containing
> directory?
>
> Josh
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vinzstyle <vinzstyle@free.fr>
> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 20:41:32
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Subject: Postfix doesn't start
>
> Hi,
>
> I installed Postfix with PCRE support from the ports collection, but I get
> this error when I try to start it :
>
> Oct  4 20:22:09 mail postfix/postfix-script[47114]: starting the Postfix
> mail system
> Oct  4 20:22:09 mail postfix/master[47115]: fatal: open lock file
> /var/db/postfix/master.lock: cannot open file: Permission denied
>
> [root@mail /]# ls -ld /var/db/postfix/
> drwx------  2 postfix  wheel  512 Oct  4 20:16 /var/db/postfix/
>
> The "mail_owner" directive is set to "postfix" in main.cf
>
> Is there some things to set up after the "make install" ? Did I miss
> something ?
>
> I'm running FreeBSD-7.2-RELEASE, and Postfix(-2.5.6,1) is started inside a
> jail.
>
> Thanks for your help :)
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The file isn't created by "make install". If I create it with permissions 6=
66=20
and postfix as owner, I get the same error message...



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