Re: [Exim] Exim 3.167 - odd log messages

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著者: Philip Hazel
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To: John Horne
CC: Exim Users List
題目: Re: [Exim] Exim 3.167 - odd log messages
On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, John Horne wrote:

> 2000-10-30 10:38:23 13qCKc-0003iA-00 Failed to open wait-remote_smtp
>    database: File exists


> As can be seen the message does get delivered. However the 'failed to
> open...file exists' message seems a bit confusing - the database couldn't be
> opened (for some reason) but what 'file exists'? Is this anything to worry
> about?


"File exists" is the message given by the strerror() function for
whatever the error code was when attempting to open the hints file. What
DBM library are you using?

> Note that I have not seen this message on a Solaris 7 system running Exim
> 3.167 though (which handles most of my inbound mail).


You are almost certainly using a different DBM library on Solaris,
unless you have deliberately taken steps otherwise.

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