Re: [exim] crontab email errors

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> On 5/30/2008 12:55 PM, John Jetmore wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 May 2008, Gordon wrote:
>>
>>> I have an inside and outside mta. The outside server succeeds the
>>> inside server fails when executing this crontab command...
>>> 5 5 * * * /usr/sbin/eximstats -nr -nt /var/log/exim/main.log.1
>>> panic.log entry
>>> 2008-05-29 05:05:04 1K1e4G-0007oa-7J Failed to create spool file
>>> /var/spool/exim/input/G/1K1e4G-0007oa-7J-D: Permission denied
>> make sure your exim binary is SUID.
> I have this running in root crontab, would SUID apply?
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> I tried
> 03 14 * * * root /usr/sbin/eximstats -nr -nt /var/log/exim/main.log.1
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> and got an additional log lin in /var/log/cron
> May 30 14:03:01 mta-eye crond[7823]: (root) CMD (root
> /usr/sbin/eximstats -nr -nt /var/log/exim/main.log.1)
> May 30 14:03:01 mta-eye crond[7822]: (root) MAIL (mailed 35 bytes of
> output but got status 0x0001 )
>
> I also tried creating a crontab for user exim, no change.
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resolved. I am embarrassed and hesitant to reveal the solution so I
will give you hint.

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