Re: [Exim] logging of non writable log files

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Author: jvanasco
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To: Lutz Pressler
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] logging of non writable log files
did you try changing permissions of the log files so that exim can
write to it?

On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 03:17 PM, Lutz Pressler wrote:

> Hello,
>
> recently I had to debug an Exim (4.20) installation, where compiled
> in exim_user ("mail") and that set in the configuration file(s)
> ("exim") had been different (in name and uid) - and different
> daemons were started with -C to have multiple configurations.
>
> This leads to the situation, that the (remote) deliveries do not
> turn up in the log file at all, probably because the log file is
> owned (and writable) by "exim", the delivering processes running
> as "mail" though.
>
> No trace in paniclog (same situation) and syslog either.
> Maybe that could be improved, as the spec in chapter 44 states
> "When Exim cannot open its panic log, it tries as a last resort
> to write to the system log (syslog). This is opened with
> LOG_PID+LOG_CONS and the facility code of LOG_MAIL. The message
> itself is written at priority LOG_CRIT."
>
> Greetings,
> Lutz
>
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