Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 14:57:12 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Postfix can't deliver mail to virtual domains - cannot create file exclusively Message-ID: <42052518.3010708@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <810a540e05020500513f1cae41@mail.gmail.com> References: <810a540e05020418067191854@mail.gmail.com> <420482B3.6030507@ps102.de> <810a540e0502050048761dd406@mail.gmail.com> <810a540e05020500513f1cae41@mail.gmail.com>
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Pat Maddox wrote: > By the way, the problem appears to be solely permissions-based. When > I've got normal-looking permissions on /var/mail, postfix gives that > error, "cannot create file." Courier-IMAP says, "imapd: chdir > javaspot.net/pergesu: No such file or directory" chmod 777 /var/mail > and they both work fine. But that's of course not the permissions I > want on it. You very probably want 1777 permissions (ie, using the sticky bit like /tmp to prevent people from playing games with other people's mboxes), or else you'll need to make your LDA run setuid-root, in which case 755 is right. [ Or on a few SysV systems, the LDA is setgid-mail, using 775. ] -- -Chuck
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