I do not recognise this problem on Debian, Ubuntu or Devuan ?
On all three OS I remove the OS installed exim4-demon-light,
exim4-daemon-heavy etc. packages, purge the system and by hand remove
debian-exim from /etc/group and /etc/passwd so that the system ends up
totally void of packaged Exim.
I then add a system group called 'exim' with GID=169 and a system user
called 'exim' that is UID=169, GID=169.
Then I fetch the Exim tarball from
ftp.exim.org, and build
'build-essential' plus all the standard libraries that Exim requires.
I patch /root/exim/exim-4.93.xx/Local/Makefile with my preferences (that
include stating the user/group as my 'exim') and compile and install.
Everything works as expected.
I have had problems in mixed environments with both OS packaged Exim
(needing debian-exim user) and my local exim at the same time, but not
if I have performed a 'clean build'.
HTH
Mike
On 20/05/2020 09:15, 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?
>
>
