>Wha [sic] happens when the permissions are root:root rather than confus:confus?
The same thing: confus@confus:/etc$ sudo chown root:root postfix/ [sudo] password for confus: confus@confus:/etc/postfix$ postmap hash:sasl_passwd postmap: fatal: open sasl_passwd: Permission denied ** Description changed: Binary package hint: postfix - I tried to as sasly-authentication to my satellite install of postfix. - In the postmap step to build passw.db an error oocured due to wrong - permissions for /etc/postfix directory. Setting the owner of that - directory to 'postfix' solved the problem. The own should be set right - in the first place. + I tried sasl-authentication to my satellite install of postfix. In the + postmap step needed to build 'passw.db' an error occurred. This error is + due to wrong permissions for '/etc/postfix' directory. Setting the owner + for that directory to 'postfix' solved the problem, but the owner should + be set right in the first place. - Below is my console session with futher information (including package - version and ubuntu version). Note that it is a root-sheel: + Below is my console session with further information (including package + version and ubuntu version). Note that it is a root-shell: confus@confus:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 11.04 Release: 11.04 confus@confus:~$ apt-cache policy postfix postfix: - Installed: 2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1 - Candidate: 2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1 - Version table: - *** 2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1 0 - 500 http://ubuntu.inode.at/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages - 500 http://ubuntu.inode.at/ubuntu/ natty-security/main amd64 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - 2.8.2-1ubuntu1 0 - 500 http://ubuntu.inode.at/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages + Installed: 2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1 + Candidate: 2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1 + Version table: + *** 2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1 0 + 500 http://ubuntu.inode.at/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main amd64 Packages + 500 http://ubuntu.inode.at/ubuntu/ natty-security/main amd64 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + 2.8.2-1ubuntu1 0 + 500 http://ubuntu.inode.at/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages root@confus:/etc/postfix# echo 'smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes' >> main.cf root@confus:/etc/postfix# echo 'smtp_sasl_security_options = noplaintext noanonymous' >> main.cf root@confus:/etc/postfix# echo 'smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd' >> main.cf root@confus:/etc/postfix# ll total 116 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2011-06-03 13:56 ./ drwxr-xr-x 154 root root 12288 2011-06-03 13:33 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 318 2011-06-03 13:32 dynamicmaps.cf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1562 2011-06-03 13:53 main.cf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5563 2011-06-03 13:32 master.cf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19509 2011-05-10 15:06 postfix-files -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8729 2011-05-10 15:06 postfix-script* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 25752 2011-05-10 15:06 post-install* drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-05-10 15:06 sasl/ -rw------- 1 confus confus 51 2011-06-03 13:56 sasl_passwd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28 2011-06-03 13:43 sender_canonical -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12288 2011-06-03 13:47 sender_canonical.db - root@confus:/etc/postfix# postmap hash:sasl_passwd + root@confus:/etc/postfix# postmap hash:sasl_passwd postmap: fatal: open database sasl_passwd.db: Permission denied -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to postfix in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/792347 Title: Permission for /etc/postfix not set right when building sasl_password.db using postmap command To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/postfix/+bug/792347/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs