Sympa and Postfix: Apache error on list creation

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I have setup sympa with postfix. I am having problems with creating lists. Everytime I create a list I get this in my /var/log/apache2/error.log:

    postalias: fatal: open /etc/aliases.db: Permission denied  
    Failed to execute newaliases: Inappropriate ioctl for device

I tried removing aliases.db and manually using postalias, but alas. The problem doesn't show however when I restart postfix, so I think it is the fast cgi script trying to update the alias files for postfix.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '12 at 15:04

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Ownership of /etc/aliases is usually root:root; this means a normal user cannot update it.

Try removing it and then running postalias with the apache user.

Also check the notes and configuration mentioned in the manual page for postalias

answered Mar 29 '12 at 15:04

adaptr

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Ok, but to what should I remove it? – Lucas Kauffman Mar 29 '12 at 15:09
/dev/null ??!!! – mailq Apr 03 '12 at 16:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '12 at 14:53

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The fix is to add www-data to the sympa group, and after running postalias on /etc/aliases; chmod the rights of aliases.db to 660. Then chown root:sympa aliases.db.

answered Mar 30 '12 at 14:53

Lucas Kauffman

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Sympa and Postfix: Apache error on list creation

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