> Check to see what the permissions are on /var/spool/mail/postfix. > > Though, really, you should probably have 'postfix' aliased to a real user.
Um...sort of. Look in /etc/postfix/aliases. There is a line that by default reads root: postfix The comment specifically states that you have to change the 'postfix' to a real email account. That should fix ya. Ben > On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Peter Skensved wrote: > > > I'm considering migrating from sendmail to postfix but I have run into > > something which looks like a permission problem. I followed the directions > > in the RedHat postfix HOWTO, stopped sendmail, started postfix and sent > > mail to the machine. However, it bounces telling me that : > > > > > > Final-Recipient: rfc822; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Action: failed > > Status: 5.0.0 > > Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; can't create user output file. Command output: > > procmail: Couldn't create "/var/spool/mail/postfix" > > > > > > /var/spool/mail is currently owned by root:mail with permissions 775 > > > > Do I just change the ownership to postfix ?? And group what ? mail ? > > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 > > To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a message of: > > subscribe > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
