I have the same question about ownership/permissions for all of /var/qmail
directories and files. I made some changes manually, but am very
uncomfortable with my current settings.
When I first got into qmail, I thought that making the custom qmail accounts
were part of making it bulletproof, but there doesn't seem to be much
requirement to keep things from being owned by root.
$ cd /var/qmail
$ ls -las
total 68
4 drwxr-xr-x 12 alias nofiles 4096
4 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 qmails qmail 24 .bash_logout
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 qmails qmail 230 .bash_profile
4 -rw-r--r-- 1 qmails qmail 124 .bashrc
4 drwxr-sr-x 2 alias nofiles 4096 alias
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root qmail 4096 bin
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root qmail 4096 boot
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root qmail 4096 control
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root qmail 4096 doc
4 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 log
4 drwxr-xr-x 10 root qmail 4096 man
4 drwxr-x--- 11 qmailq qmail 4096 queue
4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 212 rc
4 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 supervise
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root qmail 4096 users
$ ls -las supervise
total 24
4 drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096
4 drwxr-xr-x 12 alias nofiles 4096
4 drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 courier-imap
4 drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 qmail-pop3d
4 drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 qmail-send
4 drwxr-xr-t 4 root root 4096 qmail-smtpd
$ $ ls -las /service
total 8
4 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096
4 drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 courier-imap ->
/var/qmail/supervise/courier-imap
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 qmail-pop3d ->
/var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 qmail-send ->
/var/qmail/supervise/qmail-send
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 qmail-smtpd ->
/var/qmail/supervise/qmail-smtpd
>From: Steve Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Yvette 'Tina' Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Problem with VAR directory during install
>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 19:37:05 -0400
>
>Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall. OK, there
>now that that's over with....has anyone else had trouble
>installing qmail on Mandrake 8?
>
>I'm following the instructions to the letter and the darn thing
>won't install. I'd much rather find the reason for it and fix
>it than install an older version of the operating system, which
>can present other issues.
>
>-Steve
>
>
> > I am also new at this and the first thing I had to do
> > was stop using linuxconf. Linuxconf seems to have a
> > mind of its own and it will regularly change ownership
> > based on its own set of rules. BTW, I don't know
> > exactly why. The second thing I did was rebuild my
> > machine with Mandrake 7.2 (from 8.0)
> >
> > I had all kinds of trouble with mandrake 8 in all
> > different apps.
> >
> > So far with mandrake 7.2 back online all my installs
> > have been clean.
> >
> > I use the command line mostly and webmin to look at
> > users and groups...
> >
> > Tina
> >
> >
> > --- Steve Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Well I think I may have located the source of the
> > > trouble but
> > > it's still puzzling. Both the Life With Qmail and
> > > the Running
> > > qmail book want the /var/qmail directory created
> > > while logged in
> > > as root. That gives ownership to the user root in
> > > the group
> > > root. Then, the qmail-specific groups and users are
> > > added. The
> > > problem is that when I run linuxconf and look at the
> > > created
> > > users, I receive a warning that the home directory
> > > of /var/qmail
> > > has an invalid owner and group. Could this be the
> > > cause of my
> > > problems? I'm not exactly a newbie to file and
> > > directory
> > > permissions, but in reading all the qmail
> > > documentation I can
> > > lay my hands on I see nothing that indicates I need
> > > to change
> > > the ownership and group of /var/qmail from
> > > root/root.
> > > Nevertheless, linuxconf is whining and my compile
> > > goes nowhere,
> > > and this all smells like a permissions issue.
> > >
> > > I'm running Mandrake 8.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your patient help.
> > >
> > > Steve.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 02:43:15PM +1200, Steve
> > > Reed wrote:
> > > > > So, I'm stumped. Why is config (or config-fast)
> > > unhappy?
> > > >
> > > > Because it's expecting dirs and stuff in
> > > /var/qmail that
> > > aren't there.
> > > >
> > > > Run "strings - install | grep /" and look for a
> > > fully-
> > > qualified path
> > > > (ie. starting with a slash) that doesn't look
> > > system-related.
> > > In your
> > > > case, since you didn't change conf-qmail, you
> > > should
> > > see /var/qmail.
> > > > If you see something else instead, that's where
> > > all your qmail
> > > stuff got
> > > > installed -- all you gotta do is figure out why it
> > > went
> > > there. 8-)
> > > >
> > > > - Adrian
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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