Cyrus + postfix

Scott Russell lnxgeek at us.ibm.com
Thu Feb 5 09:10:56 EST 2004


On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 08:53, EppO wrote:
> > > I try to configure postfix 2.0 using cyrus 2.1.16
> > > I put in main.cf:
> > > mailbox_transport = cyrus
> >
> > Don't do that. Use
> >
> > mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp
> >
> > and you don't have to touch master.cf.
> >
> > Simon
> 
> I tried to do that earlier but postfix says:
> 
> Feb 5 07:40:35 trinity postfix/lmtp[602]: D8D9F43E8D: to=<test at trinity>,
> orig_to=<test>, relay=none, delay=1, status=deferred (connect to
> /var/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp[/var/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp]: Permission denied)
> 
> I look at the lmtp socket and :
> rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Feb 5 07:39 /var/run/cyrus/socket/lmtp

Chances are your postfix is configured to run within a chroot jail. For
example, I have postfix in a chroot jail then set the following in my
Cyrus imapd.conf file: 

	lmtpsocket: /var/spool/postfix/socket/lmtp


-- 
Scott Russell <lnxgeek at us.ibm.com>
Linux Technology Center System Admin


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