dovecot - Jul 2006 - Can't change permissions for /var/spool/postfix/dovecot.index.log

For some reason i can't change the permissions on /var/spool/postfix/ 
dovecot.index.log from postfix to dovecot, or anything else.

I changed all the files in /var/spool/postfix to be owner postfix so  
that postfix wouldn't complain about insufficient priviledges.

I'm running MacOS X 10.4.7.

I can change it all I want, but the owner and group changes do not  
'stick' - they simply stay at postfix.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Can I have the index and index.log files elsewhere?

Thanks,

James.

On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 00:33 +1000, James Brown wrote:
> For some reason i can't change the permissions on /var/spool/postfix/ 
> dovecot.index.log from postfix to dovecot, or anything else.
> 
> I changed all the files in /var/spool/postfix to be owner postfix so  
> that postfix wouldn't complain about insufficient priviledges.
> 
> I'm running MacOS X 10.4.7.
> 
> I can change it all I want, but the owner and group changes do not  
> 'stick' - they simply stay at postfix.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Can I have the index and index.log files elsewhere?
The index files really shouldn't be there at all.

What have you set in default_mail_env? Or are you trying to read mails
as postfix user or something?
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Yes Timo, the index files were in the wrong place. I have corrected  
default_mail_env and all works fine now.

Thanks for your help,

James.

On 04/08/2006, at 7:08 AM, Timo Sirainen wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 00:33 +1000, James Brown wrote:
>> For some reason i can't change the permissions on
/var/spool/postfix/
>> dovecot.index.log from postfix to dovecot, or anything else.
>>
>> I changed all the files in /var/spool/postfix to be owner postfix so
>> that postfix wouldn't complain about insufficient priviledges.
>>
>> I'm running MacOS X 10.4.7.
>>
>> I can change it all I want, but the owner and group changes do not
>> 'stick' - they simply stay at postfix.
>>
>> Does anyone have any ideas?
>>
>> Can I have the index and index.log files elsewhere?
>
> The index files really shouldn't be there at all.
>
> What have you set in default_mail_env? Or are you trying to read mails
> as postfix user or something?