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diff --git a/html/MAILLOG_README.html b/html/MAILLOG_README.html index be58e33..ab751f4 100644 --- a/html/MAILLOG_README.html +++ b/html/MAILLOG_README.html @@ -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 <a href="postconf.5.html#maillog_file_permissions">maillog_file_permissions</a> 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 <a href="postconf.5.html#maillog_file">maillog_file</a>=/var/log/postfix.log +# postconf <a href="postconf.5.html#maillog_file_permissions">maillog_file_permissions</a>=0644 # (Postfix 3.9 and later) # postfix start </pre> </blockquote> @@ -124,6 +130,10 @@ old logfile. </p> program is configured with the <a href="postconf.5.html#maillog_file_compressor">maillog_file_compressor</a> parameter (default: gzip). </p> +<li> <p> The next time it logs an event, <a href="postlogd.8.html">postlogd(8)</a> will create a +new logfile, with permissions specified with the <a href="postconf.5.html#maillog_file_permissions">maillog_file_permissions</a> +parameter (default: 0600). </p> + </ul> <p> Notes: </p> |