Hmm... Thanks Len, I just reinstalled postfix - strange. Works!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Len Conrad Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [IMGate] Re: Silly Forgetfulness >Thanks Len. >That's what I did to begin with... > >Now I get this: > ># postfix start >postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by group postdrop: >var/spool/postfix/public >postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by group postdrop: >/var/spool/postfix/maildrop >postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by group postdrop: >/usr/sbin/postqueue >postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by group postdrop: >/usr/sbin/postdrop >postfix/postfix-script: starting the Postfix mail system > > >Here is my passwd file entries: > >postfix:*:12345:12345:postfix:/no/where/postfix:/nonexistent >postdrop:*:12346:12346:postdrop:/no/where/postdrop:/nonexistent > > >I also have another machine that does the very same thing. >Could I have fouled up the postfix install somehow? make and then make install ... for new install make upagrade ... for existing Try this script: /etc/postfix/post-install set-permissions upgrade-configuration Len
