> I've just installed exim. For some reason it tries to put lock files in
> /etc rather than /var/spool/mail
>
> exim-base-4.31-0_16.rh9
> exim-4.31-0_16.rh9
>
> I get the following in /var/log/exim/main.log
>
> 2004-04-11 17:43:22 1BCh7C-000251-Ms <= morten@???
> H=cicero2.cybercity.dk [212.242.40.53] P=esmtp S=939
> id=40795802.5090001@???
> 2004-04-11 17:43:22 1BCh7C-000251-Ms == /etc/aliases
> <morten@???> R=system_aliases T=address_file defer (13):
> Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post
> /etc/aliases.lock.mail.primdahl.name.4079679a.00001f42 (euid=93 egid=93)
>
> Any ideas? I have modified the config file to have a hardcoded location
> of the aliases file:
>
> # data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{SYSTEM_ALIASES_FILE}}
>
> system_aliases:
> driver = redirect
> allow_fail
> allow_defer
> data = /etc/aliases
> file_transport = address_file
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
>
> Could this cause exim to write lock files in /etc rather than
> /var/spool/mail?
I has this issue originally - in my case I moved everything into
/etc/mail/ and made sure that the exim user was a member of the "mail"
group (which is the group /etc/mail/ is owned by).
Not sure if this is the right way or if there's a workaround, but this
worked for me - keeps all my mail configs in one place as well, as I use
separate files for all my virtual domains etc.
--Alex
