Those databases do exist.
$ls -l /var/spool/exim/db
produces:
-rw-r----- 1 mail mail 12288 Jan 30 06:08 retry
-rw-r----- 1 mail mail 0 Jan 27 01:16 retry.lockfile
-rw-r----- 1 mail mail 12288 Jan 29 16:38 wait-remote_smtp
-rw-r----- 1 mail mail 0 Jan 27 01:45
wait-remote_smtp.lockfile
thanks.
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 02:36, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> At 02:16 AM 2/7/2003 -0500, Chris Schappert wrote:
> >hi, when I run
> >
> >$exim_tidydb /var/spool/exim retry
> >
> >I get:
> >
> >
> >Exim retry database in spool /var/spool/exim
> >failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: Invalid argument
> >
> >I get the same error when trying to tidy the wait-remote_smtp datebase.
> >I run the commands as root.
> >
> >Any ideas? thanks much.
>
> Are those databases there in /var/spool/exim/db/ in the first place?
>
> What are their permissions / ownership?
>
> srs
>
>
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