tags #299452 moreinfo thanks On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 09:35:39AM +0100, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: > I had a perfectly working system and then decided to try Maildir instead of > the standard > mbox file format. > I followed the instructions in README.Maildir and exim restarted working very > well.
The exim4 packages do not include a README.Maildir. Which instructions did you follow? > Every email received via SMTP is correctly accepted and delivered but > local emails are giving a permission denied error. Here an example > when I send an email to myself: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian$ strace -o /tmp/mail.log -f -s128 mail -e [EMAIL > PROTECTED] -s test > line one > line two > . > Cc: > 2005-03-14 09:15:38 1DAkji-0007JF-AE Failed to create spool file > /var/spool/exim4/input//1DAkji-0007JF-AE-D: Permission denied > 2005-03-14 09:15:38 1DAkji-0007JF-AE Failed to create spool file > /var/spool/exim4/input//1DAkji-0007JF-AE-D: Permission denied > 2005-03-14 09:15:38 1DAkji-0007JF-AE Failed to create spool file > /var/spool/exim4/input//1DAkji-0007JF-AE-D: Permission denied > Can't send mail: sendmail process failed with error code 1 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/debian$ Please retry the same with exim -d: strace -o /tmp/mail.log -f -s128 /usr/sbin/exim4 -d [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Permissions are like this: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -ld /var/spool/exim4/input/ /var/spool/exim4/ > /usr/sbin/exim4 /usr/sbin/sendmail > Password: > drwxr-x--- 5 Debian-exim Debian-exim 1024 2005-03-14 06:37 /var/spool/exim4/ > drwxr-x--- 2 Debian-exim Debian-exim 3072 2005-03-14 09:28 > /var/spool/exim4/input/ > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 665528 2005-01-27 13:57 /usr/sbin/exim4 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 2005-02-27 15:37 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> exim4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ These look ok. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
