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.. -- Emmanuel Lacour ------------------------------------ Easter-eggs 44-46 rue de l'Ouest - 75014 Paris - France - Métro Gaité Phone: +33 (0) 1 43 35 00 37 - Fax: +33 (0) 1 41 35 00 76 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.easter-eggs.com