ssl_cert: Can't open file permission denied

Laura Smith n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp at protonmail.ch
Wed Apr 10 21:28:31 EEST 2019


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On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 1:08 PM, Michael Orlitzky via dovecot <dovecot at dovecot.org> wrote:

> On 4/10/19 6:39 AM, Dmitry Donskih via dovecot wrote:
>
> > `chmod -R 655 /etc/foobar/ssl' drops x attribute from`ssl' itself.
> > Use `chmod -R 755' or`chmod +x' or similar.
>
> Your private keys should be... private. Use 750 instead.


You are teaching granny to suck eggs.

Sometimes granny needs to do troubleshooting (especially when neither Dovecot or the Operating System are generating any sort of useful log entries to help granny... it means granny needs to resort to real basics like file permissions and then work upwards).



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