Postfix Logs Show Warning

Discussion in 'Server Operation' started by carlosinfl, Dec 9, 2009.

  1. carlosinfl

    carlosinfl New Member

    I followed this guide in setting up my Postfix server. The mail server is running perfect however I have one small problem...

    When I check the logs, I notice the following:

    Code:
    Dec  9 13:53:11 mail postfix/postfix-script[19019]: warning: not owned by postfix: /var/spool/postfix/saved
    Dec  9 13:53:11 mail postfix/postfix-script[19027]: starting the Postfix mail system
    Dec  9 13:53:11 mail postfix/master[19028]: daemon started -- version 2.6.5, configuration /etc/postfix
    I don't understand why the permissions for the mention directory 'saved' are not owned by Postfix but should I change them manually to avoid any issues or would I risk breaking a working system?

    Code:
    [root@mail postfix]# pwd
    /var/spool/postfix
    [root@mail postfix]# ls -l
    total 60
    drwx------ 2 postfix  root     4096 2009-12-09 14:26 active
    drwx------ 2 postfix  root     4096 2009-12-09 00:02 bounce
    drwx------ 2 postfix  root     4096 2009-09-26 04:15 corrupt
    drwx------ 3 postfix  root     4096 2009-12-09 13:18 defer
    drwx------ 3 postfix  root     4096 2009-12-09 13:18 deferred
    drwx------ 2 postfix  root     4096 2009-09-26 04:15 flush
    drwx------ 2 postfix  root     4096 2009-09-26 04:15 hold
    drwx------ 2 postfix  root     4096 2009-12-09 14:26 incoming
    drwx-wx--- 2 postfix  postdrop 4096 2009-12-09 14:26 maildrop
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root     root     4096 2009-12-09 13:18 pid
    drwxr-xr-x 2 postgrey postgrey 4096 2009-12-07 12:38 postgrey
    drwx------ 2 postfix  root     4096 2009-12-09 14:25 private
    drwx--x--- 2 postfix  postdrop 4096 2009-12-09 14:25 public
    drwx------ 2 root     root     4096 2009-09-26 04:15 saved
    drwx------ 2 postfix  root     4096 2009-09-26 04:15 trace
    
     
  2. topdog

    topdog Active Member

    U can change it, the system will not break
     

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