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Hello Everyone,

I have this error when I start the Mail services.

Anyone have an idea?


Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1921] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/custom_header_checks

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1922] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/main.cf.10.7.5

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1923] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/main.cf.10.7.5.orig

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1924] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/main.cf.default.10.8

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1925] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/main.cf.default~orig

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1926] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/makedefs.out

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1927] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/master.cf.10.7.5

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1928] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/master.cf.default

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1929] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/master.cf.default.10.8

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1930] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/master.cf.orig

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1931] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/postfix-files

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1932] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/postfix-files.prev

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1933] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/postfix-files~orig

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1934] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/rbl_whitelist

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1935] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/rbl_whitelist.db

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1936] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/sasl

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1937] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/system_user_maps

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1938] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/system_user_maps.db

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1939] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/virtual_users

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1940] <Warning>: warning: not owned by root: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/virtual_users.db

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1942] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./aliases.desktop

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1943] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./custom_header_checks

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1944] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./main.cf.10.7.5

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1945] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./main.cf.10.7.5.orig

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1946] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./main.cf.default.10.8

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1947] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./main.cf.default~orig

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1948] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./makedefs.out

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1949] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./master.cf.10.7.5

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1950] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./master.cf.default

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1951] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./master.cf.default.10.8

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1952] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./master.cf.orig

Jan 23 21:12:05 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1953] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./postfix-files

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1954] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./postfix-files.prev

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1955] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./postfix-files~orig

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1956] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./rbl_whitelist

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1957] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./rbl_whitelist.db

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1958] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./system_user_maps

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1959] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./system_user_maps.db

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1960] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./virtual_domains

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1961] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./virtual_users

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1962] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/./virtual_users.db

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1964] <Warning>: warning: not owned by _postfix: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/./guid_device_maps.plist

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1965] <Warning>: warning: not owned by _postfix: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/./master.lock

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1966] <Warning>: warning: not owned by _postfix: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/./postscreen_cache.db

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1967] <Warning>: warning: not owned by _postfix: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/./prng_exch

Jan 23 21:12:06 merlin.macwebservers.com postfix/postfix-script[1970] <Warning>: warning: group or other writable: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta

Mac Pro (Mid 2010), OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jan 23, 2013 6:48 PM

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Oct 26, 2014 7:53 AM in response to Linc Davis

Hi Linc

I tried your command because I have the same situation. But I got some warnings and an error.

antares:~ serveradmin$ sudo /usr/libexec/postfix/post-install data_directory=/Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta upgrade-permissions

Password:

postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf, line 690: overriding earlier entry: config_directory=/etc/postfix

postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: use_sacl_cache=yes

postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: imap_submit_cred_file=/Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix/submit.cred

postconf: warning: /etc/postfix/main.cf: unused parameter: mydomain_fallback=localhost

/usr/libexec/postfix/post-install: Error: /postfix-files is not a file.


do you have any idea how to solve? Thanks

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