I too have encountered this issue and did not find the chmod command mentioned above to be of much help. A better way in my view is to fix the init.d script. The directory containing the socket file should be owned by the user running milter-greylist only writeable by that user.
Around line 61 of /etc/init.d/milter-greylist I changed it to read: if [ ! -d /var/run/$PNAME ]; then mkdir /var/run/$PNAME chown greylist /var/run/$PNAME fi This is in line with the recommendations contained in the README which ships with the milter-greylist sources: "The default directory is /var/milter-greylist and it should be chmod 0755 and owner smmsp, if you are running the milter as smmsp." -- /var/run/milter-greylist perms issue https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226267 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs