On 13 Aug 2001, Wayne Pascoe wrote:
> When I send a message, I get the following error :
>
> 2001-08-13 22:37:55 15WPPD-0008iT-01 == wayne@??? T=virtual_localdelivery defer (13): Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post /var/spool/mail/wayne.lock.clientmail.ehsrealtime.com.3b7848b3.000082e7 (euid=65534 egid=65534)
>
> It looks to me like exim is trying to deliver as user and group
> nobody. User mail exists and all spool files in /var/spool/exim/input
> are owned by mail.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on why nobody is being used and what I have
> to prod to make it use mail ?
Run the command
exim -d9 -M 15WPPD-0008iT-01
The debugging output will/should/may shed some light.
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