Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:28:01 -0500 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@mail.iowna.com> To: Bob Greene <rgreene@tclme.org> Cc: joanra <joanra@jet.es>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: qmailadmin error Message-ID: <3A9D2711.39B38307@mail.iowna.com> References: <00b801c0a18f$18d9dc20$0164a8c0@daemon> <3A9D2021.96DB80BD@tclme.org>
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Bob Greene wrote: > > Hi.. i have been installed qmail from freebsd's ports, and when i create a > > pop account qmailadmin put the error: "Error: could not change to > > directory". > > > > i check all the perms and i try to put 777 to all vopmail directory, but i > > have the same error. That won't work. 777 is TOO OPEN, qmail will acutally refuse to deliver mail to a directory with perms that open. I don't remember the exact incantation, but I believe the directory has to be writable only by the owner for qmail to deliver mail to it. -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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