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Enabling email on a native box starts agent-box-email.service, then activation cleanup stops its required agent-box-email-source@<user>.service because the renderer omitted the source from its declared units. Systemd consequently stops SMTP, apply fails, and an update can roll back.

Declare enabled email source services alongside the listener so activation starts and verifies them and cleanup only stops removed sources. Add a regression that exercises activation with an enabled and a removed source; it fails on the previous code. Document OpenSMTPD's root ownership requirement for certificate/key files, encountered during the same live setup.

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  • python3 tests/test_email.py (11 passed; regression failed before the fix)
  • python3 tests/test_agentbox.py (161 tests, one skipped)
  • nix build -L --keep-going .#ci-native --max-jobs 4 --cores 1 --no-link (passed)
  • Live native setup: verified STARTTLS certificate, successful delivery to retained bus content, and SMTP rejection of unknown recipients, plus-addressing, and external relay.

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The renderer now includes generated email-source units in its unit list. An activation test checks the enabled and removed source units. The email documentation adds OpenSMTPD certificate ownership guidance.

Changes: Email source activation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Track email-source units and verify activation
bin/agentbox, tests/test_email.py
Renderer.email adds generated email-source units to t.units. The activation test checks that the enabled Alice unit starts, the removed Bob unit stops, and activation reports no failures.

Email certificate guidance

Layer / File(s) Summary
Document certificate ownership
docs/email.md
The documentation says that when the certificate manager is not root, a root-managed renewal hook must validate and copy the matching certificate/key pair into a private mail directory, then restart the mail service. It also states that OpenSMTPD rejects Caddy-owned files.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

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Merge Risk: Low · up to e8004

Document safe certificate and key modes before merging to avoid failed mail restarts and unnecessary private-key exposure.

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Review comments at @docs/email.md:
- Around line 25-26: Update the renewal-hook guidance in the OpenSMTPD
documentation to specify destination modes of 0644 for the certificate and 0600
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directory. Preserve the existing ownership and service-restart guidance.

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Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win

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sed -n '1,80p' docs/email.md
git diff --unified=40 4425d99fbcfb30f0ef9adb3f9d4b99714c0ac5c9 e800494da8a837f847191da3e17f56ebce962b36 -- docs/email.md

Repository: defangdevs/agent-box

Length of output: 6683


Web query:

OpenSMTPD ssl.c certificate mode 0755 key mode 0740 file ownership validation

Result:

<source_evidence>
<source kind="open_page">
<title></title>
<location>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openbsd/src/master/usr.sbin/smtpd/ssl.c</location>
<excerpt>citeturn2view0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: today; Content type: text/plain; Source: open({&quot;ref_id&quot;:&quot;https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openbsd/src/master/usr.sbin/smtpd/ssl.c&quot;,&quot;lineno&quot;:null}); Total lines: 264
L0: /*	$OpenBSD: ssl.c,v 1.100 2023/06/25 08:08:03 op Exp $	*/
L1: /*
L2:  * Copyright (c) 2008 Pierre-Yves Ritschard &lt;pyr@openbsd.org&gt;
L3:  * Copyright (c) 2008 Reyk Floeter &lt;reyk@openbsd.org&gt;
L4:  * Copyright (c) 2012 Gilles Chehade &lt;gilles@poolp.org&gt;
L5:  *
L6:  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
L7:  * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
L8:  * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
L9:  *
L10:  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED &quot;AS IS&quot; AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
L11:  * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
L12:  * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
L13:  * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
L14:  * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
L15:  * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
L16:  * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
L17:  */
L18: #include &lt;sys/stat.h&gt;
L19: 
L20: #include &lt;fcntl.h&gt;
L21: #include &lt;limits.h&gt;
L22: #include &lt;openssl/err.h&gt;
L23: #include &lt;openssl/ssl.h&gt;
L24: #include &lt;string.h&gt;
L25: #include &lt;unistd.h&gt;
L26: #include &quot;log.h&quot;
L27: #include &quot;ssl.h&quot;
L28: 
L29: static char *
L30: ssl_load_file(const char *name, off_t *len, mode_t perm)
L31: {
L32: 	struct stat	 st;
L33: 	off_t		 size;
L34: 	char		*buf = NULL;
L35: 	int		 fd, saved_errno;
L36: 	char		 mode[12];
L37: 	if ((fd = open(name, O_RDONLY)) == -1)
L38: 		return (NULL);
L39: 	if (fstat(fd, &amp;st) != 0)
L40: 		goto fail;
L41: 	if (st.st_uid != 0) {
L42: 		log_warnx(&quot;warn:  %s: not owned by uid 0&quot;, name);
L43: 		errno = EACCES;
L44: 		goto fail;
L45: 	}
L46: 	if (st.st_mode &amp; (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO) &amp; ~perm) {
L47: 		strmode(perm, mode);
L48: 		log_warnx(&quot;warn:  %s: insecure permissions: must be at most %s&quot;,
L49: 		    name, &amp;mode[1]);
L50: 		errno = EACCES;
L51: 		goto fail;
L52: 	}
L53: 	size = st.st_size;
L54: 	if ((buf = calloc(1, size + 1)) == NULL)
L55: 		goto fail;
L56: 	if (read(fd, buf, size) != size)
L57: 		goto fail;
L58: 	close(fd);
L59: 	*len = size + 1;
L60: 	return (buf);
L61: 
L62: fail:
L63: 	free(buf);
L64: 	saved_errno = errno;
L65: 	close(fd);
L66: 	errno = saved_errno;
L67: 	return (NULL);
L68: }
L69: #if 0
L70: static int
L71: ssl_password_cb(char *buf, int size, int rwflag, void *u)
L72: {
L73: 	size_t	len;
L74: 	if (u == NULL) {
L75: 		explicit_bzero(buf, size);
L76: 		return (0);
L77: 	}
L78: 	if ((len = strlcpy(buf, u, size)) &gt;= (size_t)size)
L79: 		return (0);
L80: 	return (len);
L81: }
L82: #endif
L83: 
L84: static int
L85: ssl_password_cb(char *buf, int size, int rwflag, void *u)
L86: {
L87: 	int	ret = 0;
L88: 	size_t	len;
L89: 	char	*pass;
L90: 	pass = getpass((const char *)u);
L91: 	if (pass == NULL)
L92: 		return 0;
L93: 	len = strlen(pass);
L94: 	if (strlcpy(buf, pass, size) &gt;= (size_t)size)
L95: 		goto end;
L96: 	ret = len;
L97: end:
L98: 	if (len)
L99: 		explicit_bzero(pass, len);
L100: 	return ret;
L101: }
L102: 
L103: static char *
L104: ssl_load_key(const char *name, off_t *len, char *pass, mode_t perm, const char *pkiname)
L105: {
L106: 	FILE		*fp = NULL;
L107: 	EVP_PKEY	*key = NULL;
L108: 	BIO		*bio = NULL;
L109: 	long		 size;
L110: 	char		*data, *buf, *filebuf;
L111: 	struct stat	 st;
L112: 	char		 mode[12];
L113: 	char		 prompt[2048];
L114: 	/*
L115: 	 * Read (possibly) encrypted key from file
L116: 	 */
L117: 	if ((fp = fopen(name, &quot;r&quot;)) == NULL)
L118: 		return (NULL);
L119: 	if ((filebuf = malloc_conceal(BUFSIZ)) == NULL)
L120: 		goto fail;
L121: 	setvbuf(fp, filebuf, _IOFBF, BUFSIZ);
L122: 	if (fstat(fileno(fp), &amp;st) != 0)
L123: 		goto fail;
L124: 	if (st.st_uid != 0) {
L125: 		log_warnx(&quot;warn:  %s: not owned by uid 0&quot;, name);
L126: 		errno = EACCES;
L127: 		goto fail;
L128: 	}
L129: 	if (st.st_mode &amp; (S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO) &amp; ~perm) {
L130: 		strmode(perm, mode);
L131: 		log_warnx(&quot;warn:  %s: insecure permissions: must be at most %s&quot;,
L132: 		    name, &amp;mode[1]);
L133: 		errno = EACCES;
L134: 		goto fail;
L135: 	}
L136: 	(void)snprintf(prompt, sizeof prompt, &quot;passphrase for %s: &quot;, pkiname);
L137: 	key = PEM_read_PrivateKey(fp, NULL, ssl_password_cb, prompt);
L138: 	fclose(fp);
L139: 	fp = NULL;
L140: 	freezero(filebuf, BUFSIZ);
L141: 	filebuf = NULL;
L142: 	if (key == NULL)
L143: 		goto fail;
L144: 	/*
L145: 	 * Write unencrypted key to memory buffer
L146: 	 */
L147: 	if ((bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem())) == NULL)
L148: 		goto fail;
L149: 	if (!PEM_write_bio_PrivateKey(bio, key, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL))
L150: 		goto fail;
L151: 	if ((size = BIO_get_mem_data(bio, &amp;data)) &lt;= 0)
L152: 		goto fail;
L153: 	if ((buf = calloc_conceal(1, size + 1)) == NULL)
L154: 		goto fail;
L155: 	memcpy(buf, data, size);
L156: 	BIO_free_all(bio);
L157: 	EVP_PKEY_free(key);
L158: 
L159: 	*len = (off_t)size + 1;
L160: 	return (buf);
L161: 
L162: fail:
L163: 	ssl_error(&quot;ssl_load_key&quot;);
L164: 	BIO_free_all(bio);
L165: 	EVP_PKEY_free(key);
L166: 	if (fp)
L167: 		fclose(fp);
L168: 	freezero(filebuf, BUFSIZ);
L169: 	return (NULL);
L170: }
L171: 
L172: int
L173: ssl_load_certificate(struct pki *p, const char *pathname)
L174: {
L175: 	p-&gt;pki_cert = ssl_load_file(pathname, &amp;p-&gt;pki_cert_len, 0755);
L176: 	if (p-&gt;pki_cert == NULL)
L177: 		return 0;
L178: 	return 1;
L179: }
L180: 
L181: int
L182: ssl_load_keyfile(struct pki *p, const char *pathname, const char *pkiname)
L183: {
L184: 	char	pass[1024];
L185: 	p-&gt;pki_key = ssl_load_key(pathname, &amp;p-&gt;pki_key_len, pass, 0740, pkiname);
L186: 	if (p-&gt;pki_key == NULL)
L187: 		return 0;
L188: 	return 1;
L189: }
L190: 
L191: int
L192: ssl_load_cafile(struct ca *c, const char *pathname)
L193: {
L194: 	c-&gt;ca_cert = ssl_load_file(pathname, &amp;c-&gt;ca_cert_len, 0755);
L195: 	if (c-&gt;ca_cert == NULL)
L196: 		return 0;
L197: 	return 1;
L198: }
L199: 
L200: void
L201: ssl_error(const char *where)
L202: {
L203: 	unsigned long	code;
L204: 	char		errbuf[128];
L205: 	for (; (code = ERR_get_error()) != 0 ;) {
L206: 		ERR_error_string_n(code, errbuf, sizeof(errbuf));
L207: 		log_debug(&quot;debug: SSL library error: %s: %s&quot;, where, errbuf);
L208: 	}
L209: }
L210: 
L211: static void
L212: hash_x509(X509 *cert, char *hash, size_t hashlen)
L213: {
L214: 	static const char	hex[] = &quot;0123456789abcdef&quot;;
L215: 	size_t			off;
L216: 	char			digest[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
L217: 	int		 	dlen, i;
L218: 
L219: 	if (X509_pubkey_digest(cert, EVP_sha256(), digest, &amp;dlen) != 1)
L220: 		fatalx(&quot;%s: X509_pubkey_digest failed&quot;, __func__);
L221: 	if (hashlen &lt; 2 * dlen + sizeof(&quot;SHA256:&quot;))
L222: 		fatalx(&quot;%s: hash buffer too small&quot;, __func__);
L223: 
L224: 	off = strlcpy(hash, &quot;SHA256:&quot;, hashlen);
L225: 
L226: 	for (i = 0; i &lt; dlen; i++) {
L227: 		hash[off++] = hex[(digest[i] &gt;&gt; 4) &amp; 0x0f];
L228: 		hash[off++] = hex[digest[i] &amp; 0x0f];
L229: 	}
L230: 	hash[off] = 0;
L231: }
L232: 
L233: char *
L234: ssl_pubkey_hash(const char *buf, off_t len)
L235: {
L236: #define TLS_CERT_HASH_SIZE	128
L237: 	BIO		*in;
L238: 	X509		*x509 = NULL;
L239: 	char		*hash = NULL;
L240: 	if ((in = BIO_new_mem_buf(buf, len)) == NULL) {
L241: 		log_warnx(&quot;%s: BIO_new_mem_buf failed&quot;, __func__);
L242: 		return NULL;
L243: 	}
L244: 
L245: 	if ((x509 = PEM_read_bio_X509(in, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
L246: 		log_warnx(&quot;%s: PEM_read_bio_X509 failed&quot;, __func__);
L247: 		goto fail;
L248: 	}
L249: 
L250: 	if ((hash = malloc(TLS_CERT_HASH_SIZE)) == NULL) {
L251: 		log_warn(&quot;%s: malloc&quot;, __func__);
L252: 		goto fail;
L253: 	}
L254: 	hash_x509(x509, hash, TLS_CERT_HASH_SIZE);
L255: 
L256: fail:
L257: 	BIO_free(in);
L258: 
L259: 	if (x509)
L260: 		X509_free(x509);
L261: 
L262: 	return hash;
L263: }
</excerpt>
</source>
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<title>OpenIMAPD</title>
<location>https://got.openimapd.dev/?action=blame&amp;commit=e8e7da11b4f6b7d5fdde17c834f6df49d0108d45&amp;file=CREDITS&amp;folder=&amp;path=imapd.git</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Published: last week; Crawled: last week; = 0 and st_mode &amp; (S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO) &amp; ~0740, reuses smtpd&#39;s
    
    
     67 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw ssl_load_key() check (usr.sbin/smtpd/ssl.c:132-145) verbatim for that
    
    
     62 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw child bookkeeping rather than copied verbatim, but the message protocol
    
    
     63 17c84da3 2026-10-12 dhw and handshake shape are smtpd&#39;s.
    
    
     64 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw 
    
    
     65 17c84da3 2026-10-12 dhw load_key_file()&#39;s TLS key permission check, fstat(2), then st_uid
    
    
     66 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw != 0 and st_mode &amp; (S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO) &amp; ~0740, reuses smtpd&#39;s
    
    
     67 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw ssl_load_key() check (usr.sbin/smtpd/ssl.c:132-145) verbatim for that
    
    
     68 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw mask and rejection order; only the fixed 0740 bound and the imsg
    
    
     69 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw delivery around it are this file&#39;s own.
    
    
     70 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw 
    
    
     71 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw listener.c
    
    
     72 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw ----------
    
    
     73 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw The RSA_METHOD/EC_KEY_METHOD engine override below (keymgr_engine_
    
    
     74 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw init() and everything it installs) adapts smtpd&#39;s ca.c
    
    
     75 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw (rsa_engine_init()/ecdsa_engine_init()/rsae_priv_enc()/rsae_priv_
    
    
     76 81c42ca2 2026-10-06 dhw dec()/ecdsae_do_sign(), ca.c:329-508) to imapd&#39;s own imsg conventions:
</excerpt>
</source>
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<title>IRCNow | Opensmtpd / Troubleshooting OpenSMTPd</title>
<location>https://wiki.ircnow.org/index.php?n=Opensmtpd.Troubleshoot</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 2 weeks ago; OpenBSD strictly checks ownership and file permissions listed in `/etc/mtree/special` as part of its security checks. ...     Jul 17 14:46:18 example smtpd[17229]: dkimsign: Can&#39;t open key file (/etc/mail/dkim/private.key): Permission denied ... If the Internet is unfiltered, the response should include the entire SSL cert plus the 250 STARTTLS reply. ...     Jan  8 11:00:29 smtpd[39035]: 83bd6b3b1669649f mta delivery evpid=a8d16cd2144222fa from=&lt;spammer@example.com&gt; to=&lt;victim@example.com&gt; rcpt=&lt;-&gt; source=&quot;192.168.0.1&quot; relay=&quot;10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1)&quot; delay=16h2s result=&quot;TempFail&quot; stat=&quot;451 4.7.650 The mail server [192.168.0.1] has been temporarily rate limited due to IP reputation. ... If this is suspected, one &quot;fix&quot; is to delete all the temporary files inside OpenSMTPD:

Opensmtpd /

# Troubleshooting OpenSMTPd

## Ruleset Evaluation

To view how your smtpd.conf ruleset is evaluated:
    
    # smtpd -d -T rules
    

## File Permissions

OpenBSD strictly checks ownership and file permissions listed in `/etc/mtree/special` as part of its security checks. An error message similar to below indicates a permissions error:
    
    Jul 17 14:46:18 example smtpd[20780]: info: OpenSMTPD 7.7.0 starting
    Jul 17 14:46:18 example smtpd[17229]: dkimsign: Can&#39;t open key file (/etc/mail/dkim/private.key): Permission denied
    Jul 17 14:46:18 example smtpd[42894]: warn: lost processor: dkimsign exited abnormally
    Jul 17 14:46:18 example smtpd[42894]: Exiting
    

This indicates a file permissions issue with DKIM Make sure to re-read the DKIM guide and properly set file ownership and permissions.

## Outbound Mail Filtering

At times, OpenSMTPd may be unable to connect because outgoing packets are being filtered. For example, suppose OpenSMTPd attempts to send a letter to Yahoo. </excerpt>
</source>
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<title>What are the default permissions for the Apache SSL certificates? – cPanel</title>
<location>https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/1500003813681-What-are-the-default-permissions-for-the-Apache-SSL-certificates</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Published: 5 months ago; Crawled: last month; What are the permission for the folders and certificate files for Apache in /var/cpanel/ssl/apache_tls? ... Folders should be 0755 and files 0640.

# What are the default permissions for the Apache SSL certificates?

cPanelAaronH

  * May 21, 2026 21:50

### Question

What are the permission for the folders and certificate files for Apache in /var/cpanel/ssl/apache_tls?

 

### Answer

Folders should be 0755 and files 0640.
    
    namei -lx /var/cpanel/ssl/apache_tls/domain.tld/combined
    f: /var/cpanel/ssl/apache_tls/domain.tld/combined
    Dr-xr-xr-x root root /
    drwxr-xr-x root root var
    drwx--x--x root root cpanel
    drwxr-xr-x root root ssl
    drwx--x--x root root apache_tls
    drwxr-xr-x root root domain.tld
    -rw-r----- root root combined</excerpt>
</source>
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<title>Bug#1032384: smtp: SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations: No suck file or directory</title>
<location>https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1898040.html</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Published: 3.6 years ago; Crawled: 4 months ago; # Bug#1032384: smtp: SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations: No suck file or directory ...     “/usr/lib/ssl/cert.pem” symlink to the “openssl” package to the older ...     Index: opensmtpd-6.8.0p2/usr.sbin/smtpd/smtpc.c

# Bug#1032384: smtp: SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations: No suck file or directory

Felix Dietrich Sun, 05 Mar 2023 07:45:19 -0800
    
    Package: opensmtpd
    Version: 6.8.0p2-3
    Severity: normal
    Tags: patch
    
    On Debian Bullseye attempting to send a test mail from the command line
    using the “smtp” program included in the “opensmtpd” package results in
    the error message:
    
    
        smtp: SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations: No suck file or directory
    
    The cause of this error message is a missing “/usr/lib/ssl/cert.pem”
    file, which was, according to its changelog, only added to the “openssl”
    package in version 3.0.5-3 [1]; this version is not available in the stable
    archive.  The path “/usr/lib/ssl/cert.pem” is passed to
    “SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations in “smtpc.c:145” (it is the result of the
    call to “X509_get_default_cert_file” [2]):
    
        if (!SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(ssl_ctx,
            X509_get_default_cert_file(), NULL))
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Citations:

- 1: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openbsd/src/master/usr.sbin/smtpd/ssl.c
- 2: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openbsd/src/master/usr.sbin/smtpd/ssl.c

Web query:

site:github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD usr.sbin/smtpd/ssl.c 0755 0740 ssl_load_certificate ssl_load_keyfile

Result:

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L1094: p-&gt;pki_cert = ssl_load_file(pathname, &amp;p-&gt;pki_cert_len, 0755);
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L1110: char pass[1024];
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L1127: c-&gt;ca_cert = ssl_load_file(pathname, &amp;c-&gt;ca_cert_len, 0755);
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L1151: log_debug(&quot;debug: SSL library error: %s: %s&quot;, where, errbuf);
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L1153: }
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L1155: }
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L1157: static void
L1158: 
L1159: hash_x509(X509 *cert, char *hash, size_t hashlen)
L1160: 
L1161: {
L1162: 
L1163: static const char hex[] = &quot;0123456789abcdef&quot;;
L1164: 
L1165: size_t off;
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L1167: char digest[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
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<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 3 days ago; &gt; Warning This repository may be out of date compared to OpenBSD smtpd source code. ...     `git clone https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD.git ...     useradd -c &quot;SMTP Daemon&quot; -d /var/empty -s /sbin/nologin _smtpd ...     /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete /Users/_smtpd dsAttrTypeNative:KerberosKeys

# OpenSMTPD

&gt; Warning This repository may be out of date compared to OpenBSD smtpd source code. Downstream package maintainers should be aware of this when backporting security fixes and other changes.

OpenSMTPD is a FREE implementation of the server-side SMTP protocol as defined by RFC 5321, with some additional standard extensions.

It allows ordinary machines to exchange e-mails with other systems speaking the SMTP protocol.

OpenSMTPD runs on various Unix and Unix-like operating systems including:

  * Linux
  * FreeBSD
  * OpenBSD
  * NetBSD
  * DragonFlyBSD
  * macOS

For more information: http://www.opensmtpd.org/portable.html

If you are looking for a comprehensive manual on how to build your own mail server visit our wiki.

## Get in touch

If you want to stay up to day with most recent developments or chat about OpenSMTPD you can:

  * subscribe to our mailing list
  * join the IRC channel: `#opensmtpd` @ irc.libera.chat
  * submit a bug report or a feature request here on GitHub
  * visit GitHub&#39;s discussions page

## Documentation

The manual pages are available online, which you are encouraged to contribute to.

## Install via package manager

Many distributions already provide a packaged version of opensmtpd. All you need to do is install it via your package manager.

&gt; Warning Some distributions might ship old versions of OpenSMTPD, and some distributions may selectively backport security fixes and other code changes.

### Debian/Ubuntu
    
    `sudo apt install opensmtpd
    `

### Archlinux

Has a dedicated wiki page

### Alpine Linux
    
    `apk install opensmtpd
    `

### Fedora
    
    `yum install opensmtpd
    `

### openSUSE Tumbleweed
    
    `zypper install OpenSMTPD
    `

### macOS

OpenSMTPD is available from MacPorts:
    
    `port install opensmtpd
    `

## Install via container

Container images available at this repo&#39;s packages page.

## Install from source

### Install dependencies

OpenSMTPD relies on:

  * pkgconf or pkg-config
  * libevent
  * libressl or OpenSSL

When not building from a release tarball (e.g. from the git repository), the following dependencies are needed too:

  * autoconf
  * automake
  * bison or byacc
  * libtool

By default OpenSMTPD expects latest versions of all dependencies unless noted otherwise.

Note that some distributions have different packages for a same library, you should always use the `-dev` or `-devel` package (for example, `libevent-dev` or `libevent-devel`) if you&#39;re going to build OpenSMTPD yourself.

### Get the source code

Clone from github:
    
    `git clone https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD.git
    `

Download tarball

Latest release can always be found here

### Compile
    
    `cd opensmtpd*
    ./bootstrap  # Only if you build from git sources
    ./configure
    make
    sudo make install
    `

#### Special notes for macOS

Please launch configure with special directive about libevent directory:
    
    `./configure --with-libevent=/opt/local
    `

Though macOS includes a copy of bison in the bases system, you will need to install a more recent version from, e.g., MacPorts.

### Install
    
    `sudo make install
    `

### Setup historical interface

OpenSMTPD provides a single utility `smtpctl` to control the daemon and the local submission subsystem.

To accommodate systems that require historical interfaces such as `sendmail`, `newaliases` or `makemap`, the `smtpctl` utility can operate in compatibility mode if called with the historical name.

On mailwrapper-enabled systems, this is achieved by editing `/etc/mailer.conf` and adding the following lines:
    
    `sendmail        /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    send-mail       /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    mailq           /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    makemap         /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    newaliases      /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    `

Whereas on systems that don&#39;t provide mailwrapper, it can be achieved by setting the appropriate symbolic links:
    
    `ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl sendmail
    ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl send-mail
    ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl mailq
    ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl makemap
    ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl newaliases
    `

The OpenSMTPD project leaves it up to the package maintainers to setup the links in their packages as it is very hard for us to accommodate all systems with the preferred method in a clean way.

### Configure `/etc/smtpd.conf`

Please have a look at the complete format description of `smtpd.conf` configuration file

### Add OpenSMTPD users

To operate, OpenSMTPD requires at least one user, by default `_smtpd`; and preferably two users, by default `_smtpd` and `_smtpq`.

Using two users instead of one will increase security by a large factor so... if you want to voluntarily reduce security or you have absolute more faith in our code than we do, by all means use one.

The instructions below assume the default users however, the configure script allows overriding these using the options: `--with-user-smtpd`, `--with-user-queue`, and `--with-group-queue`.

#### NetBSD, Linux (Debian, Arch Linux, ...)
    
    `mkdir /var/empty
    useradd -c &quot;SMTP Daemon&quot; -d /var/empty -s /sbin/nologin _smtpd
    useradd -c &quot;SMTPD Queue&quot; -d /var/empty -s /sbin/nologin _smtpq
    `

#### DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD
    
    `pw useradd _smtpd -c &quot;SMTP Daemon&quot; -d /var/empty -s /sbin/nologin
    pw useradd _smtpq -c &quot;SMTPD Queue&quot; -d /var/empty -s /sbin/nologin
    `

#### macOS

First we need a group with an unused GID below `500`, list the current ones used:
    
    `/usr/bin/dscl . -list /Groups PrimaryGroupID | sort -n -k2,2
    `

Add a group - here we have picked `444`:
    
    `/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Groups/_smtpd PrimaryGroupID 444
    `

Then the user. Again we need an unused UID below `500`, list the current ones used:
    
    `/usr/bin/dscl . -list /Users UniqueID | sort -n -k2,2
    `

Add a user - here we have picked `444`:
    
    `/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/_smtpd UniqueID 444
    /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete /Users/_smtpd AuthenticationAuthority
    /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete /Users/_smtpd PasswordPolicyOptions
    /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete /Users/_smtpd dsAttrTypeNative:KerberosKeys
    /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete /Users/_smtpd dsAttrTypeNative:ShadowHashData
    /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/_smtpd RealName &quot;SMTP Daemon&quot;
    /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/_smtpd Password &quot;*&quot;
    /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/_smtpd PrimaryGroupID 444
    /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/_smtpd NFSHomeDirectory /var/empty
    /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -create /Users/_smtpd UserShell /usr/bin/false
    `

repeat for the `_smtpq` user.

### Launch smtpd

First, kill any running sendmail/exim/qmail/postfix or other.

Then:
    
    `smtpd
    `

or in debug and verbose mode
    
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L165: When upgrading from 20.03 to 20.09, opensmtpd stopped working (apparently) due to ownership changes in 【75†#91121】:
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L167:     `Oct 22 14:40:01 hostname systemd[1]: Started opensmtpd.service.
L168:     Oct 22 14:40:03 hostname smtpd[758]: warn:  /var/lib/acme/mx.example.com/fullchain.pem: not owned by uid 0
L169:     Oct 22 14:40:03 hostname smtpd[758]: smtpd: load_pki_tree: failed to load certificate file
L170:     Oct 22 14:40:03 hostname systemd[1]: opensmtpd.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
L171:     Oct 22 14:40:03 hostname systemd[1]: opensmtpd.service: Failed with result &#39;exit-code&#39;.
L172:     `
L173: As you can see, opensmtpd seems to require the certificates to be owned by root.
L174: I tried adding `chown root fullchain.pem key.pem` to `security.acme.certs.postRun` but it seems that the ownership resets to `acme` when rebooting.
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L210: I&#39;m using Caddy to generate and retrieve Keys and Certificates for a linux server (private LAN, no official certs). The keys and certs are under
L211: /var/lib/caddy/.local/share/caddy/certificates/....
L212: but opensmtpd can&#39;t read them, error message &quot;not owned by uid 0&quot;, because they are owned/group by caddy.
L213: Copying the files to some other location and chowning them to root would not really help, since caddy updates these files every now and then.
L214: 
L215: It recommend to give the pki commands an option to accept a uid/gid other than zero.
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<title>GitHub - OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD: This is official OpenSMTPD Portable repository. Forks, pull requests and other contributions are welcome! · GitHub</title>
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<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 3 days ago; OpenSMTPD relies on: ...   * libressl or OpenSSL ... To accommodate systems that require historical interfaces such as `sendmail`, `newaliases` or `makemap`, the `smtpctl` utility can operate in compatibility mode if called with the historical name. ... Please have a look at the complete format description of `smtpd.conf` configuration file ... Again we need an unused UID below `500`, list the current ones used: ...     /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/dscl . -delete /Users/_smtpd dsAttrTypeNative:ShadowHashData
## Install via container

Container images available at this repo&#39;s packages page.

## Install from source

### Install dependencies

OpenSMTPD relies on:

  * pkgconf or pkg-config
  * libevent
  * libressl or OpenSSL

When not building from a release tarball (e.g. from the git repository), the following dependencies are needed too:

  * autoconf
  * automake
  * bison or byacc
  * libtool

By default OpenSMTPD expects latest versions of all dependencies unless noted otherwise.

Note that some distributions have different packages for a same library, you should always use the `-dev` or `-devel` package (for example, `libevent-dev` or `libevent-devel`) if you&#39;re going to build OpenSMTPD yourself.

### Get the source code

Clone from github:
    
    `git clone https://github.com/OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD.git
    `

Download tarball

Latest release can always be found here

### Compile
    
    `cd opensmtpd*
    ./bootstrap  # Only if you build from git sources
    ./configure
    make
    sudo make install
    `

#### Special notes for macOS

Please launch configure with special directive about libevent directory:
    
    `./configure --with-libevent=/opt/local
    `

Though macOS includes a copy of bison in the bases system, you will need to install a more recent version from, e.g., MacPorts.

### Install
    
    `sudo make install
    `

### Setup historical interface

OpenSMTPD provides a single utility `smtpctl` to control the daemon and the local submission subsystem.

To accommodate systems that require historical interfaces such as `sendmail`, `newaliases` or `makemap`, the `smtpctl` utility can operate in compatibility mode if called with the historical name.

On mailwrapper-enabled systems, this is achieved by editing `/etc/mailer.conf` and adding the following lines:
    
    `sendmail        /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    send-mail       /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    mailq           /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    makemap         /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    newaliases      /usr/sbin/smtpctl
    `

Whereas on systems that don&#39;t provide mailwrapper, it can be achieved by setting the appropriate symbolic links:
    
    `ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl sendmail
    ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl send-mail
    ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl mailq
    ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl makemap
    ln -s /usr/sbin/smtpctl newaliases
    `

The OpenSMTPD project leaves it up to the package maintainers to setup the links in their packages as it is very hard for us to accommodate all systems with the preferred method in a clean way.

### Configure `/etc/smtpd.conf`

Please have a look at the complete format description of `smtpd.conf` configuration file

### Add OpenSMTPD users

To operate, OpenSMTPD requires at least one user, by default `_smtpd`; and preferably two users, by default `_smtpd` and `_smtpq`.

Using two users instead of one will increase security by a large factor so... if you want to voluntarily reduce security or you have absolute more faith in our code than we do, by all means use one.

The instructions below assume the default users however, the configure script allows overriding these using the options: `--with-user-smtpd`, `--with-user-queue`, and `--with-group-queue`.

#### NetBSD, Linux (Debian, Arch Linux, ...)
    
    `mkdir /var/empty
    useradd -c &quot;SMTP Daemon&quot; -d /var/empty -s /sbin/nologin _smtpd
    useradd -c &quot;SMTPD Queue&quot; -d /var/empty -s /sbin/nologin _smtpq
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Citations:

- 1: GitHub issue 1302 in OpenSMTPD/OpenSMTPD (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

Document the required file modes.

OpenSMTPD rejects certificate permission bits outside 0755 and key permission bits outside 0740. The renewal hook does not specify destination modes. A permissive copy can prevent agent-box-email.service from restarting and can expose the private key. Document explicit modes such as 0644 for the certificate and 0600 for the key.

Suggested documentation fix
--- "a/docs/email.md"
+++ "b/docs/email.md"
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
 `agent-box-email.service`. Private keys belong outside the Nix store. This
 feature does not export Caddy's private key or change its renewal lifecycle.
 
 OpenSMTPD requires both certificate and key files to be owned by root. If
 your certificate manager runs as another user (such as Caddy), use a
 root-managed renewal hook to validate and copy the matching certificate/key
-pair into a private mail directory, then restart the mail service. Pointing
-intake directly at Caddy-owned certificate files fails OpenSMTPD validation.
+pair into a private mail directory with mode `0644` for the certificate and
+`0600` for the key, then restart the mail service. Pointing intake directly
+at Caddy-owned certificate files fails OpenSMTPD validation.
 
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Review comment at @docs/email.md around lines 25 - 26:
Update the renewal-hook guidance in the OpenSMTPD documentation to specify
destination modes of 0644 for the certificate and 0600 for the key when copying
the certificate/key pair into the private mail directory. Preserve the existing
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