permissions and ownership of /var/spool/incoming

[Robert Lopez]

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Kevin Miller
<Kevin_Miller at ci.juneau.ak.us> wrote:
> On both my SLES and CentOS boxes running MailScanner an clamAV the user is clamav not clam.  Double check the name of the account that clamav is actually running as.  It can vary from distribution to distribution...
>
>  ...Kevin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Dan Carl
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 7:24 AM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: permissions and ownership of /var/spool/incoming
>
> Hi all,
> I never have any issues with Mailscanner the thing just works and works well.
> But when it comes to new installs that when you'll see me post here.
> I'm running a shiny new CentOS 6.4 box with postfix.
> I've tried everything but still getting error below when running MailScanner --lint.
> Could not open file >/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/2614/1.header:
> Permission denied
> Cannot create + lock headers file
> /var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/2614/1.header, Permission denied at /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/Message.pm line 523 I set the permissions and ownership to:
> chown -R postfix.clam *
> chmod -R 750 *
> But Mailscanner sets the permissions to clam.root Thanks in advance Dan
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I am not at all certain it is related, but also pay attention to the
MailScanner.conf (or MailScanner/conf.d/your-conf-file) for the values
of Incoming Work Group and Incoming Work Permissions.

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Robert Lopez
Unix Systems Administrator
Central New Mexico Community College (CNM)
525 Buena Vista SE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106