Re: [exim] never_users list

On 2008-08-19 at 23:22 -0700, 91change wrote:
> A new problem poped up .
>
> I added
>
> exim_user = xyz
>
> in run time connfiguration file .
>
> where xyz is a default user in my system .
>
> this creates a folder called /var/spool/exim with 766 . So when it tries to
> write into the directory ,it is failing .
>
> IF xyz is user creating the directory /var/spool/exim ....Y it fails ?
>
> IS that directory is created by root ?

Yes. If the directory does not exist, it is created and immediately
chown'd to exim_uid:exim_gid

So, if exim_user is 'xyz' and exim_group is 'abc', then as root run:
chown -R xyz:abc /var/spool/exim

-Phil