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[Postfix] – warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop Permission denied

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After trying to setup postgrey, I had a lot of warning messages in my mail.log file like this:

May  7 12:26:19 gandalf postfix/postdrop[6065]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/713410.6065: Permission denied
May  7 12:26:29 gandalf postfix/postdrop[6119]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/724102.6119: Permission denied
May  7 12:26:29 gandalf postfix/postdrop[6065]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/734104.6065: Permission denied
May  7 12:26:39 gandalf postfix/postdrop[6119]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/744803.6119: Permission denied
May  7 12:26:39 gandalf postfix/postdrop[6065]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/754805.6065: Permission denied
May  7 12:26:49 gandalf postfix/postdrop[6119]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/765505.6119: Permission denied
May  7 12:26:49 gandalf postfix/postdrop[6065]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/775505.6065: Permission denied
May  7 12:26:59 gandalf postfix/postdrop[6119]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/786207.6119: Permission denied

To get rid of this messages, I had to do the following:

root@gandalf:/var/spool/postfix# postfix check
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by group postdrop: /var/spool/postfix/public
postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by group postdrop: /var/spool/postfix/maildrop

SOLUTION:

root@gandalf:/var/spool/postfix# /etc/init.d/postfix stop
root@gandalf:/var/spool/postfix# killall -9 postdrop
root@gandalf:/var/spool/postfix# chgrp -R postdrop /var/spool/postfix/public
root@gandalf:/var/spool/postfix# chgrp -R postdrop /var/spool/postfix/maildrop/
root@gandalf:/var/spool/postfix# postfix check
root@gandalf:/var/spool/postfix# postfix reload

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17 Responses to “[Postfix] – warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop Permission denied”

  1. Terry says:

    Thank you !!

    With mine it was:
    postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by group postdrop: /usr/sbin/postqueue
    postfix/postfix-script: warning: not owned by group postdrop: /usr/sbin/postdrop

    And after chgrp-ing those two files to postdrop:
    postfix/postfix-script: warning: not set-gid or not owner+group+world executable: /usr/sbin/postqueue
    postfix/postfix-script: warning: not set-gid or not owner+group+world executable: /usr/sbin/postdrop

    A ‘chmod g+s /usr/sbin/postqueue /usr/sbin/postdrop’ then fixed that.

  2. thank you – a good tool to have in the howto

  3. Tel Lekatsas says:

    Thanks for the info. I had the same ownesrship and set-gid issues as Terry did. Strange thing is that this issue began after a power outage a few days ago.

  4. Prakai Nadee says:

    Thank you. My problem was solved with this.

  5. happy says:

    Thank you !!!!!!!! :D

  6. maad says:

    Thanks! Solved my problem!

  7. krim says:

    Thank you, problem solved!

  8. inedit says:

    Gràcis, tio! Això ha estat un 10! Melassa!
    Déu t’ho pagui amb fills ;)

  9. ports says:

    Thanks! Your article helped us solving our problem :)

  10. Vinicio says:

    tanks!!! your article solved my problem!!

  11. Fernando says:

    Excelente ayuda amigo, funciono perfecto.

    Excelent job, its work fine!! Thanks

    /etc/init.d/postfix stop
    killall -9 postdrop
    chgrp -R postdrop /var/spool/postfix/public
    chgrp -R postdrop /var/spool/postfix/maildrop/
    postfix check
    /etc/init.d/postfix start

  12. PhilW says:

    Thanks for a simple and concise solution.

  13. Eric says:

    helped me too!

  14. Tom Ballard says:

    I googled for hours before finding this site and a solution to this problem. Thank you!

  15. Tux_Maniac says:

    Thanx a bunch!! Worked like a charm!!

  16. Alexandre Arruda says:

    Thanks for the post !!! :D

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