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Author Topic: How to enable qmail service if /etc/init.d/qmail: Permission denied ?  (Read 2086 times)

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*  First check the qmail status.

#service qmail status
env: /etc/init.d/qmail: Permission denied

* Check the  attribute
# lsattr  /etc/init.d/qmail
----ia-------e- /etc/init.d/qmail

*  Change the attribute

# chattr -ia  /etc/init.d/qmail
-bash: /usr/bin/chattr: Permission denied

*  Now Check the permission of /usr/bin/chattr
ll /usr/bin/chattr
---------- 1 root root 10456 Apr  1 06:06 /usr/bin/chattr

* Change the  permission to default /usr/bin/chattr

# chmod 755 /usr/bin/chattr
[root@vps-1177201-25132 ~]# ll /usr/bin/chattr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10456 Apr  1 06:57 /usr/bin/chattr

* Change the  attribute of /etc/init.d/qmail

# chattr -ia /etc/init.d/qmail

* Now change the  permission of /etc/init.d/qmail
# chmod 755 /etc/init.d/qmail

* Now try to start qmail

[root@vps-1177201-25132 ~]# /etc/init.d/qmail start
Starting qmail:                                            [  OK  ]
[root@vps-1177201-25132 ~]# /etc/init.d/qmail status
qmail-send (pid 2477) is running...


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