I did a chmod 777 /var/spool/postfix/maildrop
and it seems to fix the problem... altho this is not ideal it works and thats the main thing for now... Many thanks for all your help.. Johnno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Waid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:18 AM Subject: Re: Postfix > On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 00:19, Johnno wrote: > > >> drwx-wx--- 2 postfix postdrop 1024 Feb 27 01:30 maildrop/ > > This is could be the source of your problem, if your /usr/sbin/postdrop > doesn't have the permissions rwxr-sr-x you have a problem. The maildrop > directory needs to be either world writable or the postdrop program > needs to be have the setgid bit set. Also, normally maildrop has the > permissions drwx-wx--T. The T bit signifies that the last modified time > shouldn't be updated (chmod w+T /var/spool/postfix/maildrop). > > http://www.postfix.org/security.html (see Set-uid). > > Postfix may have been modified to stop working when the maildrop > directory is world writable, I can't remember. > > > > Best regards, > > Richard Waid > Network/Software Engineer > http://iopen.co.nz > >
