It looks like you should have set your group and user ID's diffrenlt in
your Local/Makefile - like whatever your mail group, and whatever user
account you want to deliver are there.. the chmod -R you did on your
/var/log - not a good idea. you should confirm with what the permissions
should be, and change them back ASAP
> root:/usr/src/nail-9.27# 2001-08-26 21:57:05 15b6xt-0003AN-00 Failed to
> create d
> irectory "/var/spool/mail/input": Permission denied
> 2001-08-26 21:57:05 15b6xt-0003AN-00 Failed to create directory
> "/var/spool/mail
> /input": Permission denied
> root:/usr/src/nail-9.27# 2001-08-26 21:58:18 15b6z3-0003BN-00 Cannot open
> main l
> og file "/var/log/exim_mainlog": Permission denied: euid=1003 egid=100
> 2001-08-26 21:58:18 15b6z3-0003BN-00 Cannot open main log file
> "/var/log/exim_ma
> inlog": Permission denied: euid=1003 egid=100
>
> I changed ownership of the mail folder to exim. It works.
> I also chmod -R 777 /var/log. This works but can't be right :-(
>
> The problem here is I don't understand the security model so don't know what
> permissions to set where. Any advice please?
>
> BTW, this will be Exim's first external mail...
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