I'm on Debian Lenny

My postfix don't start and i can't correct my error log

# /etc/init.d/./postfix status
postfix is not running.

mail.log :

fatal: open lock file /var/lib/postfix/master.lock: cannot open file: Permission denied

I think it's a rights problem but which ?

in /etc/group i have

postfix:x:107:
postdrop:x:108:

# ls -n /var/lib/postfix/

-rwxr-xr-x 1 103 107    33 ao? 26 09:46 master.lock
-rw------- 1 103 107  1024 sep 11 18:47 prng_exch
-rw------- 1 103 107 12288 sep  9 10:16 smtpd_scache.db
-rw------- 1 103 107  8192 ao? 26 15:16 smtp_scache.db

# ls -la /var/spool/postfix/

drwxr-xr-x 20 root    root     4096 sep 12 15:25 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 root    root     4096 jun  9 23:17 ..
drwx------  2 postfix root     4096 sep  9 09:10 active
drwx------  2 postfix root     4096 ao? 29 15:29 bounce
drwx------  2 postfix root     4096 nov 23  2010 corrupt
drwx------ 10 postfix root     4096 mar 10  2011 defer
drwx------ 10 postfix root     4096 mar 10  2011 deferred
drwxr-xr-x  2 postfix postfix  4096 sep 13 06:25 dev
drwxr-xr-x  3 root    root     4096 sep 12 15:25 etc
drwx------  2 postfix root     4096 nov 23  2010 flush
drwx------  2 postfix postfix  4096 nov 23  2010 hold
drwx------  2 postfix root     4096 sep  9 09:10 incoming
drwxr-xr-x  2 root    root     4096 sep 12 15:25 lib
drwx-wx--T  2 postfix postdrop 4096 sep 13 06:25 maildrop
drwxr-xr-x  2 root    root     4096 d?c 13  2010 pid
drwx------  2 postfix root     4096 sep 12 11:49 private
drwx--s---  2 postfix postdrop 4096 ao? 26 09:46 public
drwx------  2 postfix root     4096 nov 23  2010 saved
drwx------  2 postfix postfix  4096 jui 29 15:15 trace
drwxr-xr-x  3 root    postfix  4096 nov 23  2010 usr
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It is. But under which user/group Postfix is running? – mailq Sep 12 '11 at 21:13
The interesting question remains: Why did you mis-configure Postfix? It looks as if you installed it in late 2010 and there it ran. Even on August 26th, 2011 it was running. So what changed in the meantime? – mailq Sep 12 '11 at 21:18
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