RE: error loading key ??

From: Murray S. Kucherawy <msk_at_blackops.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 08:33:01 -0700 (PDT)

On Sat, 3 Jul 2010, Stephen eire wrote:
>> What about the directories leading up to it?
>>
>> /
>> /usr
>> /usr/local
>> /usr/local/etc
>
> All of the above are 744
>
>> /usr/local/etc/dkim
>> /usr/local/etc/dkim/i-systems.co.uk
>
> All of the above are 444

That's the problem. You need execute access on a directory for the
permissions on their contents to be applied.

> It seems that I need to change the /usr/local/etc/dkim/i-systems.co.uk
> directory to have executable permissions. With
> /usr/local/etc/dkim/i-systems.co.uk permissions set to 555 (and the
> default.private/default.txt at 444) it works. With
> /usr/local/etc/dkim/i-systems.co.uk at 444 or 744 i get the error
> loading key message.
>
> Does opendkim really need execute permissions for access?

Yes, everything does. That's standard filesystem permission behaviour.
The man page for the chmod command may provide more details on your
system.
Received on Sat Jul 03 2010 - 15:33:19 PST