Zimbra 8.0: Warning create file maildrop/XXXXX.XXXXX permissions denied

Question

I have Zimbra 8.0 running over Ubuntu work fine but I have a warning:

postfix/postdrop[XXXX]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/XXXXX.XXXXX permissions denied

The problem is that 800MB were generated for this warning in only 4 days.

I've tried:

executing zmfixperms as superuser
executing zmfixperms -e as superuser
executing zmfixperms --extended as superuser
changing owner/group queue_directory to postfix/postdrop
set full permissions (rwx) to queue_directory

And log is still growing

queue_directory: /opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool

drwxr-xr-x root    root     /opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool 
drwx------ postfix postdrop /opt/zimbra/data/postfix/spool/maildrop

What are the permissions/ownership on the the public and maildrop directories? — symcbean, Nov 08 '12 at 14:58
If you haven't done so already, make sure you've stopped the Zimbra services first as the Zimbra user, then run zmfixperms as sudo. — nedm, Nov 08 '12 at 18:08
yes i did it. always stop zimbra with `su - zimbra -c "zmcontrol stop"` before any change — rkmax, Nov 08 '12 at 18:57

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 25 '13 at 19:03

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I just ran into the same problem. Turns out that postdrop was still running as the zimbra user after having fixed permissions and restarting zimbra.

Bringing down zimbra and then killing the postdrop task fixed it:

$ sudo su -
$ service zimbra stop
$ killall postdrop
$ service zimbra start

edited Sep 25 '13 at 19:03

dawud

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answered Sep 25 '13 at 16:47

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Zimbra 8.0: Warning create file maildrop/XXXXX.XXXXX permissions denied

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