Re: Debain installed exim BIG TROUBLE
On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 11:13:17AM +0200, I. Forbes wrote:
> On 5 May 2003 at 16:11, Emmanuel Lacour wrote:
>
> > On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 03:27:32PM +0200, Gregory Machin wrote:
>
> > > where does debian launch exim from cause when i telnet in exim is running
> > > but not visable under ps -ef ??
>
> > Because by default, exim is running in standalone under debian. Just run
> >
> > update-inetd --disable smtp
> > /etc/init.d/exim start
>
> Having done this on a few boxes, I noted one slight problem with the
> the permissions of files in /var/spool/exim/db/.
>
> When exim is running as a daemon, these should be owner "mail",
> group "mail". When it is running from inetd they seem to be have
> owner "root". When you change from inetd to daemon the old files
> hang around with root ownership and do not get deleted or updated.
I'found this bug too some time ago on a woody box, but I didn't
understand why. Now, I know ;-)
> Perhaps this should be submitted as a bug.
>
Maybe, a simple check in the init.d file to cleanup owners..
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