logically speaking , it should not make a differnence, neverthless, i tried it and here is what i got
Apr 2 08:07:28 mail postfix/qmgr[7860]: 441F3415B0: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=849, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Apr 2 08:07:28 mail postfix/virtual[7875]: warning: refusing to mkdir /var/spool/mail/arvind: parent directory is writable by everyone Apr 2 08:07:28 mail postfix/virtual[7875]: 441F3415B0: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=virtual, delay=1, status=deferred (maildir delivery failed: create /var/spool/mail/arvind/Maildir/tmp/1017715048.7875_0.mail.mydomain.com: Operation not permitted) then i changed the permission of the directory /var/spool/mail ( owned by postfix . postdrop) to 700 and i again got this error msg Apr 2 08:18:15 mail postfix/qmgr[7860]: 7A1B5415B1: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=847, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Apr 2 08:18:15 mail postfix/virtual[7966]: 7A1B5415B1: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, relay=virtual, delay=1, status=deferred (maildir delivery failed: create /var/spool/mail/arvind/Maildir/tmp/1017715695.7966_0.mail.mydomain.com: Permission denied) permissions like 1700 yield same result, while 1777 yields the former result as mentioned above. this is the listing of my /var/spool directory [root@mail spool]# ls -l total 44 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 26 13:34 anacron drwx------ 3 daemon daemon 4096 Feb 26 18:26 at drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 11 18:52 clientmqueue drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jun 25 2001 cron drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 25 2001 fax drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 1 2000 lpd drwx------ 3 postfix postdrop 4096 Apr 1 10:54 mail drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Mar 18 22:41 mailqueue drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Mar 29 11:40 postfix drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 25 2001 rwho drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 8 2001 up2date a chmod 1700 gives me drwx-----T 3 postfix postdrop 4096 Apr 1 10:54 mail with same result ( permission denied, to create directory). Arvind ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 3:50 PM Subject: [LIH] Re: problem with postfix and mysql config > +++ Arvind [linux-india] <01/04/02 15:34 +0530>: > > virtual_mailbox_base = /var/spool/mail/email > > i keep getting the error > > Why /email/? > > Try virtual_mailbox_base = /var/spool/mail/ > > -srs > > -- > Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org > EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin > [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > LOST #135 -**< Sub : man2txt >**- > To convert man pages to text format (which may be necessary if > printouts are necessary, or you want to clip a large section): > $man [progname] | col -b > progname.man.txt > > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
