Re: [exim] Failed to open exim.conf

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Author: Calum Mackay
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To: Exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Failed to open exim.conf
hi Ryan,

On 26/06/2019 6:51 pm, Ryan McClung via Exim-users wrote:
> Exim folder:
>
> drwxr-xr-x.  2 exim exim   153 Jun 26 17:47 .
> drwxr-xr-x. 80 root root  8192 Jun 26 17:31 ..
> -rw-r--r--.  1 exim exim   145 Jun 12 17:39 allow_senders
> -rw-r--r--.  1 exim exim  1716 Jun 12 17:39 bounceFilter
> -rw-r--r--.  1 exim exim     9 Jun 12 17:39 deny_senders
> -rw-r--r--.  1 exim exim 28993 Jun 26 17:47 exim.conf
> -rw-r--r--.  1 exim exim 49470 Jun  5 09:22 exim.original.conf
> -rw-r--r--.  1 exim exim   245 Jun 12 17:39 freezeFilter
> -rw-r--r--.  1 exim exim   343 Jun  5 09:22 trusted-configs


Those trailing dots after the mode bits indicate that there is a
security context associated with those files.

Adding "-Z" to the ls will show more info, however if you didn't set up
the file security labelling, it may be hard to interpret.

cheers,
calum.

>
> Exim config:
>
> exim_user = exim
> exim_group = exim
> never_users = root
>
> Error:
>
> 2019-06-26 17:50:57 failed to open configuration file /etc/exim/exim.conf:
> Permission denied (euid=0 egid=93)
>
>
> Please help!
>