As others have said, you are more likely to get a useful response from the
Debian people.
One possiblity is that SELinux contexts are involved
man -k selinux_restorecon
or
man -k restorecon
may give you a hint as to where to start.
On Thu, 21 May 2020, Sebastian Nielsen via Exim-users wrote:
> I already done that, and exim4 is running as the right user.
> The problem is that some script that is in the debian distribution that runs
> periodically, are changing the owner of the /var/spool/exim directory to
> Debian-exim, causing lots of permission errors.
>
> I need some help with tracking down that script, so I can change the user
> inside that script to exim aswell.
>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Evan Booyens via Exim-users <exim-users@???>
> Skickat: den 21 maj 2020 15:36
> Till: exim-users@???
> Ämne: Re: [exim] What process are changing the rights of all files to
> Debian-exim?
>
> If you do not want to use the Debian-exim user, you may override the
> compiled user by setting:
>
> exim_user exim
>
> exim_group exim
>
> --------------------------------
>
> On 5/20/20 11:23 AM, Heiko Schlittermann via Exim-users wrote:
>> Sebastian Nielsen via Exim-users <exim-users@???> (Mi 20 Mai 2020
> 10:15:43 CEST):
>>> 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).
>> Sure?
>> - When does it happen? At startup of Exim?
>> - Which Exim related *Debian* packages are still installed?
>> - How do you start your self-built Exim?
>>
>> --
>> Heiko
>>
> --
>
> Evan Booyens
> Platform Engineer
> xneelo (Pty) Ltd
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