hi,
Tony Finch wrote:
> Debian uses the name service switch, doesn't it? In which case you may
> be able to turn on some debugging stuff in somewhere like /etc/nss.conf.
yes, it does. and that was exaclty the problem.
the setting that made exim crash was the line
services: db files
in /etc/nsswitch.conf
When I change it to
services: files db
exim does not crash.
When I change it back to "check db first", it crashes again. qed,
that's the problem. No strace necessary, I'm a lucky guy.
That means that exim is not the root of this evil problem,
so I have to figure out what else exactly is causing this
(the nsswitch.conf with the problematic line mentioned above
must be debian standard; at least I don't remember ever having touched it)
thanks a lot for your hints
regards
dominik
