Re: [Exim] permission problem: stumped

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Author: Odhiambo G. Washington
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To: Thomas Kinghorn
CC: Exim-Users (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [Exim] permission problem: stumped
* Thomas Kinghorn <thomask@???> [20031029 09:42]: wrote:
> Hi List.
>
> I have created a local account on my gateway to which I send the untagged
> spam & false positives to in order
> to train SA.
>
> I have checked the permissions.
> EXIM runs as xadmin.
>
> I have changed the group of spam & nonspam to that of xadmin. I am in still
> getting the error below:
>
> 2003-10-29 07:35:16 1AEWHt-0006qZ-Kt == spam@??? R=localuser
> T=local_delivery defer (13): Permission denied: creating lock file hitching
> post /var/mail/spam.lock.jp-mx-1.mtnns.net.3f9f89d4.000005a9 (euid=516
> egid=510)
>
> any help would be appreciated.



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