yes, thanks. err should have probably skimmed man exim first. mainlog gave the following info:
18r7I2-0000A7-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=root P=local S=1533 18r7I2-0000A7-00 failed to open database lock file /var/spoo l/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8) 18r7I2-0000A7-00 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=smarthost T=re mote_smtp H=smtp.access4cheap.com [64.157.172.136] 18r7I2-0000A7-00 Completed and the message was never sent. root didn't even have permissions to access this file?!? anyhow, I changed the permissions in exim/db to: /var/spool/exim/db# ls -l total 8 -rw-rw-rw- 1 mail mail 4096 Aug 3 2002 retry -rw-rw-rw- 1 mail mail 0 Aug 3 2002 retry.lockfile -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4096 Aug 3 2002 wait-remote_smtp -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Aug 3 2002 wait-remote_smtp.lockfile and I was able to send out mail my user. 666 are probably bad permissions (no pun intended). Anyhow, what should they be (cause I forgot) and what is the right way of handling the lockfile error. -jackp --- Martin Kacerovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > And what about '/var/log/exim/mainlog' ? > Check '/var/spool/exim/input' and > '/var/spool/exim/msglog' dirs. > In the former outgoing mails are stored before being > sent, > in the latter ... you can guess from its name. > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
