Fwd: /var/log/exim4/paniclog has non-zero size]

[Chris Searle <debian-user@chrissearle.org>]

> > > '/var/log/exim4/paniclog has non-zero size'
> > >
> > > Any suggestions on a workaround woul be appreciated.
> >
> > What are you seeing in the file /var/log/exim4/paniclog? Far better  
> > to
> > fix the problem than workaround the report.
> >
> > --
> > Chris

> From what I can see, 'paniclog' is not being written to properly,  
> the last
> (and only) few entries are from a failed attempt yesterday where I  
> tried
> to use a CentOS version of my exim.conf file (renamed to  
> exim4.conf). The
> 'mainlog' and 'rejectlog' files seem to be fine, there are even older
> version of those (mainlog.1, etc) and mail is working normally too  
> it's
> just some kind of glitch with the 'paniclog' file.

I would suggest stopping exim, removing the panic log and restarting  
it. Exim will throw this error if the log has > 0 size.

BTW - replies are probably best directed to the list :)

--
Chris