Autor: Cedric Dubois Fecha: A: exim-users Asunto: Re: [exim] What process are changing the rights of all files to
Debian-exim?
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 10:15:43AM +0200, Sebastian Nielsen via Exim-users wrote: > I have got a little problem with my exim installation in debian.
>
> I have compiled exim from source and installed. However, since I don't want
> to compile all libraries aswell, I have chosen to install the corresponding
> debian packages for these libraries.
>
> One of these libraries are changing the user rights for the spool folder to
> Debian-exim all the time. (instead of exim that is the correct user).
>
> This causes lots of permission errors.
>
> Which script or file is causing these changes? And how can I prevent them?
>
The exim4-base package "fixes" permissions and ownerships when said
package is installed or upgraded. I would advise not to install any of
the exim4-* packages when using a self compiled exim.
