[tpop3d-discuss] Postfix & tpop3d problem (virtual new mailbox permissions)

M. Boelen michael at computerpech.nl
Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:14:59 +0100


>Hi!
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>Can anybody help me to resolve my problem?
>I use tpop3d with Postfix+Mysql.
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>Everything work really fine, but postfix virtual create new mailbox in /var/spool/mail with permissions 600, so tpop3d cannot access mailbox, because there is no access for group "mail":
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>[root@]# ls -l /var/spool/mail
>-rw-------    testmailbox 1000     mail         1554 Dec  4 12:19 777
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>Is the only solution for that problem "chmod 660 /var/spool/mail/mailbox_name" after creating every new mailbox? 
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>BR, Egor
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I think you have to configure that in Postfix. I have the same "problem" 
with Exim. The solution is simple: most MTA's support file permissions 
of newly created files.

So check your Postfix documentation about this issue.

Michael Boelen