warning: not owned by _postfix: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/./guid_device_maps.plist

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10.8.2 Server setup, with Server.app 2.2.1

When starting mail service, the reported error occurs, "warning: not owned by _postfix: /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/./guid_device_maps.plist"

and there is a file /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/guid_device_maps.plist

owned by root.

So I stop mail (via serveradmin),

execute
sudo chown _postfix /Library/Server/Mail/Data/mta/guid_device_maps.plist

and it takes (works).
But then I start the mail service again (via serveramin) and the error is listed again

Checking the file I *JUST* changed ownership own, and it's set back to root

Any idea WHAT script is firing when mail services start, that is incorrectly setting the ownership of said file ?

Posted on Apr 13, 2013 7:54 PM

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Answer 1

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Means nothing. Ignore.

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Answer 2

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Sorry: On what authority ?

Kind of a non-answer really.

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Answer 3

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On the authority that I get the same message, and so do a lot of other people, and my mail service is working fine.

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Answer 5

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Thank-you.

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