file permission denied, install postfix

aw_wolfe · 04-25-2005, 02:05 PM

Frustrated newbie trying to install a BASIC mailserver. Trying to use postfix.

Compiled source.
Configured (I think)

When check the configuration using.....

'postfix check'

I get an error 'postfix: fatal: /etc/postfix/postfix-script: Permission denied
'

I've tried to change that directory permission using various chmod commands like

chmod 777 /etc/postfix/postfix-script

but still get the same error of permission denied when I 'postfix check'

Not sure what or why this is happening.

Thanks for any help,

Tony

acid_kewpie · 04-25-2005, 02:37 PM

odd. does the interpreter exist on your system? check the first line of the file, normally /bin/sh which should exist... also show us "ls -l /etc/postfix" please.

aw_wolfe · 04-25-2005, 03:05 PM

drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Apr 25 11:28 postfix-script

aw_wolfe · 04-25-2005, 03:06 PM

Sorry, for being an idiot, but not sure what you mean by the interpreter and checking the file (which file? what interpreter ?)

acid_kewpie · 04-25-2005, 03:28 PM

ok well.. "postfix_script" is clearly a directory.... see the "d" at the start there... no wonder it won't run!

aw_wolfe · 04-25-2005, 03:59 PM

yep THANKS. Not sure why it got setup that way.

Will have to track down what went wrong during the install.

Tony

ajc · 07-12-2011, 10:38 AM

This error can occur if you have SElinux enabled on your system. Disable SElinux if it is active.

Peverel · 07-13-2011, 07:27 AM

I just entered "postfix check" in a terminal and was told "postfix" is in sbin and requires superuser privileges. Maybe you need sudo. You would certainly need that to change permissions on a folder in /etc, which you should not do under any circumstances.