Re: [exim] Exim4 Trouble on Debian - Newbie

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Author: Josip Rodin
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To: Benedek Frank
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim4 Trouble on Debian - Newbie
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 10:16:27PM +0100, Benedek Frank wrote:
> And this is from the exim4 log:
>
> 2006-11-28 21:56:23 1GpA07-0001CS-Cq malware acl condition: clamd: unable
> to connect to UNIX socket /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl (No such file or
> directory)


> And here is the config for ClamAV, as I can see the errors originate with
> some complaints regarding ClamAV:
>
> LocalSocket /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl
> FixStaleSocket
> User clamav


Did you follow the Exim-related advice in
/usr/share/doc/clamav-daemon/README.Debian.gz where it says you should
merge their user groups? :)

> 2006-11-28 22:07:48 1GpAB4-0001Dl-P7 failed to open database lock file /var/spool/exim4/db/retry.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=102 egid=102)
> 2006-11-28 22:07:49 1GpAB4-0001Dl-P7 failed to open database lock file /var/spool/exim4/db/wait-remote_smtp.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=102 egid=102)


Now what's a bit strange. What does ls -al /var/spool/exim4/db say?

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