[Kolab-devel] [issue1083] master.cf permission/group settings

[Bernhard Reiter]

HI Richard,

I think it is better to ask questions on the development list.

Am Mittwoch, 18. Januar 2006 13:06 schrieb Richard Bos:
> New submission from Richard Bos <radoeka at xs4all.nl>:
>
> A question about the master.cf file group/perm settings.
>
> In the template file, the meta data states:
> PERMISSIONS=0640
> OWNERSHIP=root:root
>
> On suse the permissions are set to 0644.
>
> Depending on the outcome of this issue a new autoconf variable has to be
> introduced.
>
> On suse:
> postfix runs as root
> qmgr and pickup runs as postfix.
>
> In case qmgr or pickup have to use the master.cf file  it can't do it with
> the current kolab settings (root:root 0640).  Would it be okay to make the
> settings 0644? 

I guess it would be okay, though you also could make it group "postfix".

> Just curious why are others not allowed to read the file, 
> it does not contain passwords and such afai could determine.

I think it used to include passwords in previous versions
as we did not have configuration files for all the services running in there.

Bernhard