Re: [Exim] exim 4.10-1 pid issue

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Author: James P. Roberts
Date:  
To: Zander, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] exim 4.10-1 pid issue
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> pid written to /var/run/exim.pid
> changed uid/gid: running as a daemon
>    uid=1001 gid=1001
>    auxiliary group list: <none>

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>    Cannot open main log file "/var/log/exim/mainlog": Permission denied:
> euid=1001 egid=1001
> 2002-10-09 23:15:34 Cannot open main log file "/var/log/exim/mainlog":
> Permission denied: euid=1001 egid=1001
> exim: could not open panic log - aborting: original error above

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>
> I have checked all the log files and they belong to the exim user and
> group. I have added exim to the mail group. Could the issue be:
>
> grep exim /etc/group
> mail:x:12:mail,exim
> exim:x:101:
>
> do I just change the 101 to 1001?
>
> any help will be gratefully received.
>
> regards
>
> Zander
>


This may give you some hints:

grep 1001 /etc/passwd
grep 1001 /etc/group

Alternatively, (or in addition) try:

chown -r 1001:1001 /var/log/exim

Jim Roberts
Punster Productions, Inc.