Re: global maildrop log file?

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 09:17:17PM -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> Are these users members of the "users" group, which is required 
> for write access to this file?

Yes.

There are error messages in /var/log/messages:

"temporary failure. Command output: /usr/bin/maildrop: Unable to 
create log file."

I note that this error occurs whether or not the needed logfile is 
already there.

I've changed the sought-after "global" logfile to:
"/var/log/maildroplog" where ls -l for that file is: 
-rw-rwxr-- 1 root users 0 Feb 16 23:49 maildroplog. 

I wonder if I should have a user other than root own that logfile in 
/var/log?

If I revert (in $HOME/.mailfilter) to the old logfile assignment 
"$HOME/.mailfilterlog" then messages caught in the temporary limbo 
are found and delivered.

Thanks,

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