Author: Bill Cole Date: To: Axel Rau via Exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] 4.95 failed to stat log directory /var/spool/exim/log:
On 2022-05-21 at 12:41:27 UTC-0400 (Sat, 21 May 2022 18:41:27 +0200)
Axel Rau via Exim-users <Axel.Rau@???>
is rumored to have said:
>> Am 21.05.2022 um 16:43 schrieb Bill Cole via Exim-users
>> <exim-users@???>:
>>
>>
>> What are the *full literal* log entries? They should include the name
>> and PID of the process which had the problem. It's conceivable that
>> something other than exim (e.g. mailman) is trying to work there.
>>
>
> 2022-05-21T16:40:01.748565+00:00 lists5 exim[18854] 1nsS93-0004u6-O7
> Failed to create spool file
> /var/spool/exim//input//1nsS93-0004u6-O7-D: Permission denied
So it isn't citing the non-existent directory that you had originally
named, but it is definitely Exim doing the logging and having the
permission problem.
Do you have AppArmor or SELinux enabled? What user and group is Exim
running as?
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