On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 09:53:18AM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: | Hi! | | in my /var/log/exim/mainlog file I have the following lines: | | 2003-06-16 09:10:56 19Rsp6-0000AE-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] H=localhost | (nostromo) [127.0.0.1] P=esmtp S=925 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | fis.uerj.br | 2003-06-16 09:10:56 19Rsp6-0000AE-00 failed to open database lock file | /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8) | 2003-06-16 09:10:56 19Rsp6-0000AE-00 failed to open database lock file | /var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8) | 2003-06-16 09:10:56 19Rsp6-0000AE-00 failed to open database lock file | /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 | egid=8) | 2003-06-16 09:10:56 19Rsp6-0000AE-00 => [EMAIL PROTECTED] R=smarthost | T=remote_smtp H=uerj.br [152.92.1.10] | | | what is the meaning of the "permission denied"lines?
The user exim is running as doesn't have permission to open those
files.
| are they normal?
No.
Delete those files (they're not essential anyways, they're just hints
for performance purposes) and exim will recreate them.
-D
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