John Andersen wrote:
Using the Task Scheduler in KDE Desktop config, I have (as user me) scheduled a task to run daily. It runs as scheduled and works correctly.
However, from the time it launches the job my logs start filling up with
Feb 05 10:40:43 poulsbo.homeip.net cron[1561]: postdrop: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/732686.13091: Permission denied Feb 05 10:40:53 poulsbo.homeip.net cron[1561]: postdrop: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/732875.13091: Permission denied Feb 05 10:40:53 poulsbo.homeip.net postfix/postdrop[13091]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/732875.13091: Permission denied Feb 05 10:41:03 poulsbo.homeip.net postfix/postdrop[13091]: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/733056.13091: Permission denied Feb 05 10:41:03 poulsbo.homeip.net cron[1561]: postdrop: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file maildrop/733056.13091: Permission denied
These 4 lines are repeated every few seconds forever until I killall postdrop
I do not run a full fledged postfix on this machine as it is only a workstation, and I only access external mail servers. I don't remember ever setting up postfix and or postdrop.
cron uses sendmail to send output and such, and sendmail in turn uses maildrop to write mails to the mail queue. There isn't much setup needed for a minimal postfix config. Check owners on /var/spool/postfix/maildrop and /var/spool/postfix/public. They should be postfix:maildrop for both.
Does this require a bug report, or do I just have to run postfix?
Running "postfix check" will probably fix it. Starting postfix will do the same. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (-1.2°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org