Re: [exim] Failed to open exim.conf

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Author: Calum Mackay
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CC: Exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Failed to open exim.conf
Even better! :)

On 26/06/2019 7:43 pm, Ryan McClung wrote:
> I managed to fix it myself. All I did was reinstall exim and
> reconfigured it. It looks to be working now but I will keep what you
> gave me in mind! Thank you!
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 2:32 PM Calum Mackay via Exim-users
> <exim-users@??? <mailto:exim-users@exim.org>> wrote:
>
>     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!

>      >

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