Warning messages about file permissions started appearing in daily report
Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 2:40 am
This warning message appeared in the daily mail report two days ago:
Warnings
--------
postfix-script (total: 5)
3 not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/ma...
2 not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/ta...
/var/log/mail.log showed:
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2798]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/main.cf
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2802]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/master.cf
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2804]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/master.cf.in
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2806]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/tag_as_foreign.re
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2809]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/tag_as_originating.re
The server was running Zimbra 8.0.0_GA.
Yesterday I upgraded to Zimbra 8.0.3_GA_5664 (build 20130305090204). Last night's report still shows this:
Warnings
--------
postfix-script (total: 10)
6 not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/ma...
4 not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/ta...
/var/log/mail.log still shows:
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2752]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/main.cf
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2753]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/master.cf
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2754]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/master.cf.in
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2755]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/tag_as_foreign.re
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2756]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/tag_as_originating.re
File permissions in that folder look like this:
root@mail:/opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf# ls -l
total 220
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 20876 Feb 8 01:45 access
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 8829 Feb 8 01:45 aliases
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 3547 Feb 8 01:45 bounce.cf.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 11681 Feb 8 01:45 canonical
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 9904 Feb 8 01:45 generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 21545 Feb 8 01:45 header_checks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 11942 Feb 8 01:45 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 zimbra zimbra 2947 May 13 07:28 main.cf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 32659 Feb 8 01:45 main.cf.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 3305 Feb 8 01:45 makedefs.out
-r--r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 7803 May 13 07:28 master.cf
-rw-r--r-- 1 zimbra zimbra 8295 Mar 5 19:21 master.cf.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 6816 Feb 8 01:45 relocated
-r--r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 42 May 13 07:28 tag_as_foreign.re
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 59 Mar 5 19:21 tag_as_foreign.re.in
-r--r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 42 May 13 07:28 tag_as_originating.re
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 59 Mar 5 19:21 tag_as_originating.re.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 1629 Feb 8 01:45 TLS_LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 12549 Feb 8 01:45 transport
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 12494 Feb 8 01:45 virtual
My question is: do permission changes like these happen quasi-normally or do I need to worry about this?
Would you recommend changing the permissions of those files?
Warnings
--------
postfix-script (total: 5)
3 not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/ma...
2 not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/ta...
/var/log/mail.log showed:
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2798]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/main.cf
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2802]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/master.cf
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2804]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/master.cf.in
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2806]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/tag_as_foreign.re
May 12 11:11:27 mail postfix/postfix-script[2809]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/tag_as_originating.re
The server was running Zimbra 8.0.0_GA.
Yesterday I upgraded to Zimbra 8.0.3_GA_5664 (build 20130305090204). Last night's report still shows this:
Warnings
--------
postfix-script (total: 10)
6 not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/ma...
4 not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20120422.2z/conf/ta...
/var/log/mail.log still shows:
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2752]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/main.cf
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2753]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/master.cf
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2754]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/master.cf.in
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2755]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/tag_as_foreign.re
May 13 07:29:15 mail /postfix-script[2756]: warning: not owned by root: /opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf/tag_as_originating.re
File permissions in that folder look like this:
root@mail:/opt/zimbra/postfix-2.10-20121007.2z/conf# ls -l
total 220
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 20876 Feb 8 01:45 access
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 8829 Feb 8 01:45 aliases
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 3547 Feb 8 01:45 bounce.cf.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 11681 Feb 8 01:45 canonical
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 9904 Feb 8 01:45 generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 21545 Feb 8 01:45 header_checks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 11942 Feb 8 01:45 LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 zimbra zimbra 2947 May 13 07:28 main.cf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 32659 Feb 8 01:45 main.cf.default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 3305 Feb 8 01:45 makedefs.out
-r--r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 7803 May 13 07:28 master.cf
-rw-r--r-- 1 zimbra zimbra 8295 Mar 5 19:21 master.cf.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 6816 Feb 8 01:45 relocated
-r--r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 42 May 13 07:28 tag_as_foreign.re
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 59 Mar 5 19:21 tag_as_foreign.re.in
-r--r----- 1 zimbra zimbra 42 May 13 07:28 tag_as_originating.re
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 59 Mar 5 19:21 tag_as_originating.re.in
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 1629 Feb 8 01:45 TLS_LICENSE
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 12549 Feb 8 01:45 transport
-rw-r--r-- 1 root postfix 12494 Feb 8 01:45 virtual
My question is: do permission changes like these happen quasi-normally or do I need to worry about this?
Would you recommend changing the permissions of those files?