I don't think it's a permissions issue on the file itself, I already
checked....this is what the directory structure looks like for that test
account.
drwxr----- 4 davidc mail 4096 Nov 7 12:02 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Nov 7 09:19 ..
-rw------- 1 davidc davidc 326 Nov 7 10:44 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 davidc davidc 24 Dec 24 2001 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 davidc davidc 191 Dec 24 2001 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 davidc davidc 124 Dec 24 2001 .bashrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 davidc davidc 820 Dec 24 2001 .emacs
-rw-rw-r-- 1 davidc davidc 28 Nov 7 10:53 .forward
drwxr-xr-x 3 davidc davidc 4096 Dec 24 2001 .kde
-rw-r--r-- 1 davidc davidc 3511 Dec 24 2001 .screenrc
drwx------ 2 davidc davidc 4096 Oct 11 09:27 .ssh
-rw-r--r-- 1 davidc davidc 12288 Nov 7 10:53 .vacation.db
-rw-rw-r-- 1 davidc davidc 131 Nov 7 10:53 .vacation.msg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debian User" <visaris@???>
To: "David Chait" <davidc@???>; <exim-users@???>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Exim] UCB Vacation or other Autoresponder
> > 2002-11-07 12:02:49 H=bonair.stanford.edu [171.64.236.22]
> > F=<davidc@???> temporarily rejected RCPT
> > <davidc@???>: require_files: error for
> > /home/davidc/.vacation.msg: Permission denied
>
> It seems as though exim doesn't have permission to access the
> /home/davidc/.vacation.msg file. That's a little odd, i don't know
> if exim runs as root or not. It might run as mail. Try changing the
> permissions on the file to somthing you know will allow it to be
> read by others. 755 should work. Well, i THINK that may be your
> problem.
>
> ~Aaron
>
