Re: OK to set /var/run/opendkim to group accessible and executable?

From: Scott Kitterman <ietf-dkim_at_kitterman.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 08:18:01 -0400

On March 29, 2015 1:57:38 AM EDT, Steve Jenkins <steve_at_stevejenkins.com> wrote:
>Hey, Patrick!
>
>I agree - I prefer the minimal required permissions, too. This "issue"
>(seen here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120080) is
>because
>the dude apparently had a need to add the postfix user to the opendkim
>group, and without 775 permissions (or at least 770 permissions), it
>doesn't seem to work. See his comment #8.
>
>Thoughts on what he's trying to do?

If you're using the Unix socket to connect to the milter, this is pretty normal. Personally, I tend to use TCP sockets to avoid trouble like this. Since the postfix configuration isn't in the bug, this is a bit of a guess.

Scott K
Received on Sun Mar 29 2015 - 12:18:16 PST

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