Re: [Exim] Odd Problem with permissions

Ron McKeating wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am having a problem with exim 4.10 on redhat 7.3. Strange thing is I
> have two identical machines and it works ok on one. If I type
>
> /usr/local/exim/bin/exim -v Address@???
>
> then enter
> To: Valid address
> From: Valid address
> Subject: test
> blank line
>
> I get
>
> LOG: MAIN PANIC
> Expansion of
> $1@${lookup{${lc:$2}}dbm{/usr/local/exim/mappings/host-translation.db}{$value}fail} failed while rewriting: failed to open /usr/local/exim/mappings/host-translation.db as a db (v3/4) file: Permission denied (euid=500 egid=500)
> LOG: PANIC DIE
> Cannot open main log file "/usr/local/exim/spool/log/mainlog":
> Permission denied: euid=500 egid=500
> 2002-12-13 13:43:42 18Mq6J-0007lM-00 Cannot open main log file
> "/usr/local/exim/spool/log/mainlog": Permission denied: euid=500
> egid=500
> exim: could not open panic log - aborting: original error above
>
>
>
> user exim is the owner of all those files. Can anybody suggest anything
> I have forgotten to check ?


Is your exim +s?
Are the permissions of the directories ok?

ciao