Error in Postfix, Permission Denied Mac Osx 10.5 Server

[ajdevi92]

Hi, my server has recently started to play up on the postfix mail server side of things. I ramdomly started to get these error messages "Mar 12 21:40:51 -servername- postfix/showq[63913]: fatal: scan_dir_push: open directory maildrop: Permission denied
Mar 12 21:40:52 -servername- postfix/master[63914]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied
Mar 12 21:41:02 -servername- postfix/master[63917]: fatal: fifo_listen: remove public/pickup: Permission denied"

I have no idea what is wrong with this server and i dont really want to revert to 10.4 or reinstall 10.5, im running a LDAP server, Web server, and using the smtp part to run a mail form on the website.
Thanks

 

[belvdr]

1. Is postfix being started as root?
2. Check your main.cf file and locate all directories. Ensure there are proper permissions on those directories and that they exist.

 

[ajdevi92]

1. Is postfix being started as root?
2. Check your main.cf file and locate all directories. Ensure there are proper permissions on those directories and that they exist.

Thanks, how do i check that the postfix is being started as root, and were is the main.cf file ?, Im good with GUI's but not so good with terminal stuff....
Thanks

 

[belvdr]

You can do a:

ps -auxw | grep postfix

and ensure it has root in there.

 

[ajdevi92]

Thanks, but i typed exactely what you said into terminal, and this was what i got. "ps: No user named 'xw'" Do i have to login as root ?

Here's the error im getting through webmin in the postfix server section.

postsuper: fatal: scan_dir_push: open directory defer: Permission denied

I really need to get this working soon, my businesses site has a lot to do with with postfix.
Thanks In advance.