Re: [Exim] *** spool read error: Permission denied ***

Actually I have found the answer.

In Mandrake 9.2 a security program called 'msec' was running every hour
and kept changing the setuid bit on the exim binary.

Thanks anyway.
Lionel

> Jon Morrison wrote:
>> Does anyone know what might be causing messages that are being sent
>> localy using the exim binary
>> (SMTP Delivery works fine) are causing the following message *** spool
>> read error: Permission
>> denied *** when you look at the message queue.
>
> best guess off my head is the permissions do not allow reading by the
> world and you're calling exim as a non-privledged user. Make your
> permissions for your spool dir 775 (or 755) and those might go away.
>
>>
>
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