Failed to create virtual server : Cannot write to

Creating home directory …
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Creating administration group usa1connection …
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Creating administration user usa1connection …
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Virtualmin Virtual Servers
Failed to create virtual server : Cannot write to directory
Version 3.44.gpl, master admin mode
This error below
(Failed to create virtual server : Cannot write to directory)
Stops at next step for writing to postfix files if i change setting in
module config to sendmail all goes as it should

What’s your operating system & its version? FEDORA 6
Is SELinux Disabled YES
Are you using Virtualmin GPL or Virtualmin Pro? Version 3.44.gpl

Have you just installed the OS and VM on top of it, or did you install VM on an existing system? NEW INSTALL OF FEDORA 6 20 DAYS OLD NOW, THEN INSTALLED VIRTUALMIN EVERYTHING WORKED USING SENDMAIL but not with postfix
Did you experience any error message during VM installation? NO
Did you reboot the server after that and see any error message at bootup? YES REBOOTED NO ERRORS
When you do RECHECK CONFIG (assuming you are using VMpro), do you see any error? NO ERRORS
The status of your system is being checked to ensure that all enabled features are available, that the mail server is properly configured, and that quotas are active …
BIND DNS server is installed, and the system is configured to use it.
Mail server Postfix is installed and configured.
Apache is installed.
Webalizer is installed.
MySQL is installed and running.
Logrotate is installed.
Using network interface eth0 for virtual IPs.
Default IP address for virtual servers is x5.9x.1x8.xx5.
Both user and group quotas are enabled for home and email directories.
All commands needed to create and restore backups are installed.
Virtualmin Feature Status
Available features Mail for domain, BIND DNS domain, Apache website, Webalizer reporting, Log file rotation, MySQL database, Webmin login
Disabled features SSL website, PostgreSQL database, ProFTPd server
Disk quotas Active for users and groups on home directories and email filesystem /home.
Mail server Postfix
I HAVE 4 virtual sites woking now
I WANT TO USE POSTFIX
HOW DO i fix this i think permissions but where and how to fix i dont no
help please

Howdy feyock,

It’s not permissions–this bit of Virtualmin has root-level permissions, and since SELinux is disabled, nothing has can stop it.

It’s probably something wrong in the Postfix module configuration, or in the Postfix installation.

First up, are you sure Postfix is installed? It’s not part of a default Fedora server installation.

rpm -q postfix

And is it the default MTA for your system?

alternatives --display mta

It ought to say:

link currently points to /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix

Plus a bunch of other stuff…mostly pointing to .postfix suffixed files.

If so, browse to the Webmin Services:Postfix module and see if things look sane. Can you look at all of the various pages, without error? Is there a Virtual Maps file configured? This should be "hash:/etc/postfix/virtual".

The config recheck will reveal this as a problem, but only if you have Postfix selected.