Looking into git, this problem seem to have been introduced with the 3.0.0 release:
$ git remote -v origin https://git.launchpad.net/postfix (fetch) origin https://git.launchpad.net/postfix (push) $ git show 5afd7bb2 -- conf/postfix-script | sed -n '59,81 p' + todo="$config_directory/." + test -n "$check_shared_files" && { + todo="$daemon_directory/. $meta_directory/. $todo" + test "$shlib_directory" = "no" || + todo="$shlib_directory/. $todo" + } + todo=`echo "$todo" | tr ' ' '\12' | sort -u` find $todo ! -user root \ - -exec $WARN not owned by root: {} \; + -exec $WARN not owned by root: {} \; - todo="$config_directory/." - test -n "$check_shared_files" && todo="$daemon_directory/. $todo" + find $todo \( -perm -020 -o -perm -002 \) \ + -exec $WARN group or other writable: {} \; - find $todo \ - \( -perm -020 -o -perm -002 \) -type f \ - -exec $WARN group or other writable: {} \; + # Check Postfix mail_owner-owned directory tree owner/permissions. find $data_directory/. ! -user $mail_owner \ In the above, the "-type f" argument of the last find was dropped causing the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1728723 Title: postfix check warns about symlink being group writable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+bug/1728723/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs