Postfix cannot send emails with the error "postfix/sendmail: fatal: chdir /var/spool/postfix: Permission denied"
Issue
- Web application is not able to send emails using Postfix.
- The following error can be seen in '/var/log/maillog'
Sep 19 13:28:19 web postfix/sendmail[30741]: fatal: chdir /var/spool/postfix: Permission denied
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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