Re: [Exim] Problems with writing to spool

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Author: Tom Samplonius
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To: Andre Grueneberg
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Problems with writing to spool
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Andre Grueneberg wrote:

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> Failed to create spool file /opt/exim/spool/input//<id>-D: Permission denied
> Cannot lock /opt/exim/spool/input//<id>-D
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> when I try to enter a mail using the exim command locally from an unprivileged
>
> user. I'm using Exim 3.16 compiled with EXIM_UID=0, EXIM_GID=101.
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> Do I have to make the spool/input world writable?


No, and that would be a bad thing to do.

I suspect that the exim bin is not setuid.

Tom