Thank you! Yes, I was aware of Andreas' package, but I wanted to do a build from scratch to experience what kind of work is involved.
I will be using Andreas' package on the next machine staging.
So, I need to set the sticky bit on those log directories? Should that be recursive from /var/spool/ on down?
----- Original Message -----
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <linux@???>
Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2004 11:14 pm
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim v 4.34 testing issue
> gbrotherton@??? wrote:
> > Berkeley DB error: /var/spool/exim/db/retry: hash version 5
> requires a version upgrade
> > == gene@??? R=localuser T=local_delivery defer
> (13): Permission denied: creating lock file hitching post
> /var/mail/gene.lock.ruth.surfesa.org.40c67e47.00002ead (euid=1000
> egid=1000)
> > I have the permissions on the log files to 777. Is there
> something I have missed? Do I need to edit the configure file
> before trying to send messages? I'm using Debian 3.0 r1 Woody to
> run Exim.
>
> Two things you missed.
>
> * chmod 1777, not just 777
>
> * you might want to use the debian exim4 package (andreas
> metzler's
> backport that is) - debian woody is an antique as far as library
> versions etc go.
>
> srs
>
