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.
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