* Morten Bo Johansen <mojo@???> [20020512 19:00]: wrote:
> Morten Bo Johansen <mojo@???> wrote:
>
>
> Just replying to myself...thanks to David Woodhouse in private
> mail I got things straightened out.
>
>
> MBJ> echo smtp.isp.dk >/home/mojo/.smarthost
>
> David pointed out that it should be
>
> echo "smart:smtp.isp.dk" >/home/mojo/.smarthost
>
> MBJ> /home/mojo/.smarthost for linear search: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8)
> MBJ> I did try to change the permissions to root.root 0644 but still
>
>
> My home directory was not world readable, David suggested which
> was true. This leaves me wondering if making it so is the right
> thing...but things do work now.
Since Exim _must_ read it's own configure file, why not put this
.smarthosts file in the same directory and give the correct permissions
there, then chmod 0600 your home directory?
-Wash
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