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Re: Postfix mail file permissions

From: Wietse Venema <wietse_at_nospam>
Date: Thu Jun 07 2012 - 12:08:53 GMT
To: Postfix users <postfix-users@postfix.org>

Wietse Venema:
> Wietse:
> > Configurations that allow non-Postfix programs to manipulate
> > Postfix queue files are NOT SUPPORTED. There is NO SUPPORT
> > for making such changes.
>
> Nicolae Ghimbovschi:
> > Yeah, I see that. The file permissions are hardcoded.
> > That is why I tried to change Postfix's code.
> >
> > I tried changing those, but still somehow it makes the file non
> > readable for group members, but the read and write are left.
> >
> > Hope to have some hint from a Postfix dev.
>
> "no support" really means what it says.

That said, perhaps you can explain the problem that you
need to solve instead of the (file permission) solution.

        Wietse