Re: [EXIM] Majordomo (again)

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Anthon Walters, Ben Smithurst
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Majordomo (again)
On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Anthon Walters wrote:

> I think that if I can resolve the "Failed to create spool file" issue
> everything should be working. Do I have a permission problem on a spool
> directory somewhere perhaps? ./wrapper config-test says everything should be
> working fine.


That certainly looks like a permissions problem. You *have* got Exim
setup as setuid root, I trust? Is it delivering other mail normally?

On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Ben Smithurst wrote:

> Maybe the spool permissions are wrong, that's all I can think that
> would give that error[1]. (Philip: should this go in the FAQ? A few
> people have had problems with spool permissions... Perhaps they are
> in, I only read it once very quickly.)


I put in a bit about spool permissions and local delivery; nothing about
"failed to create spool file" yet, but I'll add something about that -
and the resolution of this problem, when it comes.

-- 
Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.



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