[Kolab-devel] main.cf permissions

Andreas Hasenack andreas at conectiva.com.br
Tue Aug 16 14:37:41 CEST 2005


On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 12:39:02PM +0200, Alessandro Fiorino wrote:
> I've noticed that the /kolab/etc/postfix/main.cf is owned by
> kolab:kolab-r with read allowed only for user and group. The problem
> is that the /kolab/sbin/sendmail program needs read access for this
> file, so if I want a script to send mail starting under another user
> (e.g. with a cron job) I get a permission read error.
> Why this file doesn't have read access by everyone? I think it's the
> default behaviour when using postfix standalone.

Earlier it had a ldap bind password there. Now the ldap maps definitions
are in external files, so main.cf can get back to 0644. However, I'm not
sure if the sendmail program will need to read the ldap map definitions
as well (g-rwx), but I think not.




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