Re: [exim] Permission denied:

"Odhiambo G. Washington" wrote:
> * Menekhem M. Zviman <zviman@???> [20050126 06:44]: wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I installed Exim 4.34. I'm running MEPIS (debian). All the mail I
> > recieve, internal or external is being defered. This is a sample from
> > the msglog:
> >
> > 2005-01-25 06:26:59 1CtOqU-0000bJ-Ko <= root@??? U=root P=local
> > S=766
> > 2005-01-25 06:27:00 1CtOqU-0000bJ-Ko == muz@muz-linux <root@???>
> > R=local_user T=mail_spool defer (13): Permission denied: creating lock
> > file hitching post /var/mail/muz.lock.Muz-linux.41f62d04.00000957
> > (euid=1004 egid=8)
> >
> > What is the Permission I have set incorrectly?
>
> chmod 1777 /var/mail

That effectively makes /var/mail another temporary directory. Why
not deliver as group mail and make /var/mail mode 770 and owned by
root.mail:

local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
...
group = mail
...

Maybe it's not such a security problem for you if you don't have
local users.

Ian

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Ian Freislich