Error on start cannot open config file

Kate Kleinschafer kate at rheel.co.nz
Mon Sep 15 22:52:29 IST 2008


Hi Igor,

I have just tried 644 permissions and chowning to postfix:root.
Both gave the same permission denied error.

Thanks
Kate

Igor Gueths wrote:
> Hi. What are the permissions on your MailSCanner.conf? In order for the postfix
> user to be able to read the file, the file either needs to be owned by the
> postfix user, or chmodded with permissions 644. Thanks.
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 09:22:37AM +1200, Kate Kleinschafer wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have just done a fresh install of CentOS 5.2 and installed postfix (then 
>> done rpm -e sendmail) clamav and MailScanner.
>> When I try and start MailScanner (after stopping the postfix service) I get 
>> the following error:
>> MailScanner: Cannot open config file /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf, 
>> Permission denied at /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Config.pm line 657.
>>
>> If I change in MailScanner.conf Run as user = postfix to Run as user =
>> then it works.
>>
>> I would really appreciate any advice on how to get this operational.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Kate
>>
>> Apologies if this comes through twice - I thought I had changed my list email but it doesn't seem to be working.
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