Re: Error Installing on debian

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

redpepper@mighty.co.za wrote:

>Setting up exim (3.36-16) ...
>install: invalid user `mail'
>dpkg: error processing exim (--configure):
>
>  
>
In your /etc/passwd file you should probably have a "mail" entry, like
below:

> <snip>
> games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh
> man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh
> lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh
> mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh
> news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh
> uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
> <snip>

You should also have a "mail" entry in /etc/group.

Do you? What do these entries look like?

-- 
Kent