I had the same problem...try checking the permissions on /var/tmp and
possibly /tmp. It needs to be "drwxrwxrwxt". That'll take care of the
permission nonsense.
-Sam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gjermund G Thorsen" <gjermund@???>
To: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 7:50 AM
Subject: [Exim] Newbie Satellite question.
> What on earth went wrong here?
>
> $cat /var/log/exim/mainlog
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fQ-00 <= www-data@??? U=www-data
P=local S=697
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fQ-00 failed to open database lock file
/var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8)
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fQ-00 == gjermund@??? R=smarthost defer
(-1): lookup of host "10.0.0.110" failed in smarthost router
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fQ-00 == pablo@??? R=smarthost defer
(-1): lookup of host "10.0.0.110" failed in smarthost router
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fU-00 <= <> R=16fh57-0006fQ-00 U=mail
P=local S=643
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fQ-00 Frozen
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fU-00 failed to open database lock file
/var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8)
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fU-00 failed to open database lock file
/var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8)
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fU-00 failed to open database lock file
/var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8)
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fU-00 failed to open database lock file
/var/spool/exim/db/retry.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8)
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fU-00 == pablo@???
<pablo@???> R=smarthost defer (-1): lookup of host
"10.0.0.110" failed in smarthost router
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fU-00 == gjermund@???
<gjermund@???> R=smarthost defer (-1): lookup of host
"10.0.0.110" failed in smarthost router
> 2002-02-26 13:51:45 16fh57-0006fU-00 Frozen
> --
> Yours Sincerely,
>
> Gjermund Gusland Thorsen
>
>
>
> "Promontory Rider, whats makes you ride so high?" - Who???
>
>
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