Postfix doesn't start

[Vinzstyle]

Le dimanche 4 octobre 2009 21:33:12 Vinzstyle, vous avez écrit :
> Le dimanche 4 octobre 2009 21:09:05 jgimer at gmail.com, vous avez écrit :
> > What are the actual permissions on the lock file, not just the containing
> > directory?
> >
> > Josh
> > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vinzstyle <vinzstyle at free.fr>
> > Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 20:41:32
> > To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> > Subject: Postfix doesn't start
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I installed Postfix with PCRE support from the ports collection, but I
> > get this error when I try to start it :
> >
> > Oct  4 20:22:09 mail postfix/postfix-script[47114]: starting the Postfix
> > mail system
> > Oct  4 20:22:09 mail postfix/master[47115]: fatal: open lock file
> > /var/db/postfix/master.lock: cannot open file: Permission denied
> >
> > [root at mail /]# ls -ld /var/db/postfix/
> > drwx------  2 postfix  wheel  512 Oct  4 20:16 /var/db/postfix/
> >
> > The "mail_owner" directive is set to "postfix" in main.cf
> >
> > Is there some things to set up after the "make install" ? Did I miss
> > something ?
> >
> > I'm running FreeBSD-7.2-RELEASE, and Postfix(-2.5.6,1) is started inside
> > a jail.
> >
> > Thanks for your help :)
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> The file isn't created by "make install". If I create it with permissions
> 666 and postfix as owner, I get the same error message...
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Hi,

sorry, it was my fault :)

Permissions were 750 on a parent directory...

Thanks for your help anyway :)