Re: [Exim] /var/spool/exim/db

Pàgina inicial
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Autor: Philip Hazel
Data:  
A: Sergei Gerasenko
CC: exim-users
Assumpte: Re: [Exim] /var/spool/exim/db
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Sergei Gerasenko wrote:

> And here are the file permissions withing "/var/spool/db"
>
> -rw-r-----    1 mail     root         4096 Jul 11 06:25 wait-remote_smtp
> -rw-r-----    1 root     root            0 Jul 11 06:25 wait-remote_smtp.lockfile

>
> Naturally, Exim won't be able to open those files, but has anybody found
> out why the ownership got changed from mail:mail on those two files?


This is an elusive bug that has been reported before, but which I have
never been able to track down, however much I try. It is still on my
list of unexplained funnies. Every now and again I take another look at
it. Maybe one day I'll figure it out...

> Can I delete those files and will Exim reproduce them? And what are
> they?


They are hints files, holding retry information. Yes, you can delete
them.

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