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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-13 08:42:27 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-13 08:42:27 +0000
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parentReleasing progress-linux version 3.8.6-1~progress7.99u1. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 3.9.0.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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@@ -63,10 +63,16 @@ Postfix version. </p>
/var/log/postfix.log. See also the "<a href="#logrotate">Logfile
rotation</a>" section below for logfile management. </p>
+<p> In the example below, specifying maillog_file_permissions is
+optional (Postfix 3.9 and later). The default value is 0600, i.e.,
+only the super-user can access the file; the value 0644 also
+adds 'group' and 'other' read access. </p>
+
<blockquote>
<pre>
# postfix stop
# postconf maillog_file=/var/log/postfix.log
+# postconf maillog_file_permissions=0644 # (Postfix 3.9 and later)
# postfix start
</pre>
</blockquote>
@@ -124,6 +130,10 @@ old logfile. </p>
program is configured with the maillog_file_compressor parameter
(default: gzip). </p>
+<li> <p> The next time it logs an event, postlogd(8) will create a
+new logfile, with permissions specified with the maillog_file_permissions
+parameter (default: 0600). </p>
+
</ul>
<p> Notes: </p>