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Old 08-08-2008, 08:42 AM   #1
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postmap: Permission denied


I'm trying to use postmap to create a file to use for my virtual aliases for Postfix which I'm using Webmin to administer with. But whenever I issue the command postmap /etc/postfix/virtual I get the following error: -bash: /usr/sbin/postmap: Permission denied

I'm using Fedora 8 and logged in as root. Any ideas on this matter?
 
Old 08-08-2008, 10:08 AM   #2
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Code:
ls -l /etc/postfix/virtual
What are the permissions?
 
Old 08-08-2008, 01:12 PM   #3
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Code:
ls -l /etc/postfix/virtual
What are the permissions?
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12494 2007-10-04 14:42 /etc/postfix/virtual
 
Old 08-08-2008, 05:02 PM   #4
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Run the command as root. Either log in as root, change users via su or sudo, or run:

sudo postmap /etc/postfix/virtual


Oops, sorry, I see you are root.

What is output of

ls -l /usr/sbin/postmap

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Old 08-09-2008, 02:45 AM   #5
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What is output of

ls -l /usr/sbin/postmap
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 177092 2007-10-04 14:43 /usr/sbin/postmap

I'm stumped because I've tried this on another machine and it's worked perfect. I've installed Postfix via yum and also through the webmin interface itself (also uses the yum command), but also installed the Postfix module on the webmin website.

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Old 08-09-2008, 03:44 AM   #6
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Are you somehow running the postmap command from webmin, or from a terminal session?
 
Old 08-09-2008, 07:02 AM   #7
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Are you somehow running the postmap command from webmin, or from a terminal session?
Trying to run this through SSH as I'm trying to setup the virtual db in order for Webmin to setup mailboxes in it's Virtualmin module when I create new sites. At the moment Virtualmin gives an error that it can't create the virtual mailboxes when I create a new site.

Mail for domain failed! : Failed to regenerate table /etc/postfix/virtual: at ../web-lib-funcs.pl line 982.
 
Old 08-09-2008, 07:14 PM   #8
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Reasons for Permission denied messages:
  • permissions of executable
  • permissions on path components leading to executable
  • binary resides on noexec file system
  • restricted shell
  • SElinux / AppArmor

So lets check a few more things:
Code:
ls -ld /usr/sbin
locate postmap | grep bin
mount
shopt  restricted_shell

Last edited by Mr. C.; 08-10-2008 at 05:12 PM. Reason: Updated list to include SeLinux/AppArmor
 
Old 08-10-2008, 05:05 AM   #9
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I appreciate the help and assistance of you all.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. C. View Post
ls -ld /usr/sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2008-08-09 13:57 /usr/sbin


Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. C. View Post
locate postmap | grep bin
/usr/sbin/postmap



Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. C. View Post
mount
I just used the basic generated layout in the Fedora installation.

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)



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Originally Posted by Mr. C. View Post
shopt restricted_shell
restricted_shell off

Last edited by Mike65; 08-10-2008 at 05:07 AM.
 
Old 08-10-2008, 08:49 AM   #10
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I appear to have solved this issue. I created a new basic install of Fedora 8, installed Postfix via Yum and still no luck with postmap, still getting permission errors. So I downloaded and installed Fedora 9 and success, it worked perfectly. Not sure why I received an error with a Fedora 8 install.

Thanks for your help all.

Last edited by Mike65; 08-10-2008 at 10:42 AM.
 
Old 08-10-2008, 11:17 AM   #11
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Sometimes its best just to update and move on to more pressing tasks. Glad you're up and running.
 
Old 08-10-2008, 04:09 PM   #12
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I'd pu my money on an SELinux issue. Next time you have a similar problem, try rutning SELinux off with "setenforce 0", try the command and turn it back on with "setenforce 1"
 
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Added SELinux/AppArmor the list above.
 
Old 08-10-2008, 05:22 PM   #14
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I bumbled around for age on a permissions issue yesterday and SELinux didn't even cross my mind until the very end. That was the issue of course.
 
  


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