Re: [Exim] startup trouble

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Author: Darren Casey
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] startup trouble
> I have successfully installed exim but now I am trying to start it up.
> It keeps coplaining about the logfile that it cannot open yet I have given

it
> the correct permissions.
> if I do "su "mailman" -c 'touch /var/log/exim/hallo'"
> The file hallo is created so my permissions sre correct


> 30462 Cannot open main log file "/var/log/exim_mainlog": Permission
> denied:uid=502 egid=100
> 30462 2003-03-13 13:21:32 Cannot open main log file

"/var/log/exim_mainlog":
> Permission denied: euid=502 egid=100


You need to create the files for exim, so they exist and they can write to
them. Make sure the userID 502 and Group 100 can read/write the files

/var/log/exim_mainlog (There are 3 in total that are needed)

Regards
Darren