[exim] Re: Problem with exim_tidydb after upgrading to 4.96

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Author: Mike Clarke
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Subject: [exim] Re: Problem with exim_tidydb after upgrading to 4.96
On Friday, 8 September 2023 12:09:12 BST Andrew C Aitchison via Exim-users wrote:

> Configure owner is 0:0 - is /var/spool/exim/db mounted rootsquash ?
> (It should not be.)


I'm not familiar with rootsquash but I understand it only relates to NFS mounts. My /var/
spool/exim/db is part of the local file system so I assume this won't be relevant.

> Does /usr/local/etc/exim/configure set exim_user to mailnull ?


curlew:/tmp# grep exim_user /usr/local/etc/exim/configure
exim_user = mailnull

> Check permissions on parents of /var/spool/exim/db too.


curlew:/tmp# ls -ld /var/spool/exim/db /var/spool/exim
drwxr-x--- 8 mailnull mail 10 25 Feb 2021 /var/spool/exim/
drwxr-x--- 2 mailnull mail 9 8 Sep 13:49 /var/spool/exim/db/
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Mike Clarke

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