postsuper: fatal: scan_dir_push: open directory defer: Permission denied

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mister_v
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postsuper: fatal: scan_dir_push: open directory defer: Permission denied

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I got a problem with postfix,
got the following message in /var/log/mail.err

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postsuper: fatal: scan_dir_push: open directory defer: Permission denied
I don't know what it is.
chris
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Re: postsuper: fatal: scan_dir_push: open directory defer: Permission denied

Post by chris »

It looks like postfix does not have access to one or more directories.
Somehow the rights must have been changed.

You can try:

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chown -R postfix /var/spool/postfix
or

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postfix set-permissions
mister_v
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Re: postsuper: fatal: scan_dir_push: open directory defer: Permission denied

Post by mister_v »

Tries to change the owner

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chown -R postfix /var/spool/postfix
did not solve the problem.
the system is not sending mails either.
chris
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Re: postsuper: fatal: scan_dir_push: open directory defer: Permission denied

Post by chris »

If it can't write the mails, it can't process the mail to send them.

an extreme solution is to delete the dir

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rm -fr /var/spool/postfix
and do a reinstall

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apt-get reinstall postfix
it will recreate the dir with the correct file-settings.
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