since late december, exim has had trouble with "retry" and
"wait-remote_smtp" files in /var/spool/exim/db.
i get this daily in my cron reports--and i'm not sure where to
fix it (or if it needs fixing):
/etc/cron.daily/exim:
failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: Invalid argument
failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp: Invalid argument
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/exim exited with return code 1
where do i figure out where the invalid argument is coming from?
the permissions seem okay for the mail user:
# /bin/ls -l /var/spool/exim/db
total 40
-rw-r----- 1 mail mail 20480 Feb 3 17:53 retry
-rw-r----- 1 mail mail 0 Dec 31 09:03 retry.lockfile
-rw-r----- 1 mail mail 20480 Feb 3 17:49 wait-remote_smtp
-rw-r----- 1 mail mail 0 Dec 31 09:13
wait-remote_smtp.lockfile
the manpage for exim_tidydb (which is what is generating the
messages via /etc/cron.daily/exim) says it just needs two args
(exim's spool directory and the DBM database to spiff up); and
these are the two args which it gets.
the files don't seem chronically open:
# lsof | grep exim
exim 13362 root cwd DIR 3,7 4096 62741
/var/spool/exim
exim 13362 root rtd DIR 3,2 1024 2 /
exim 13362 root txt REG 3,6 471048 32972
/usr/sbin/exim
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 90210 16154
/lib/ld-2.2.5.so
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,6 9188 163912
/usr/lib/libident.so.0.22
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,6 34380 164067
/usr/lib/libpcre.so.3.03
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 69472 16228
/lib/libnsl-2.2.5.so
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 19136 16212
/lib/libcrypt-2.2.5.so
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 29420 16137
/lib/libpam.so.0.72
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 262812 16139
/lib/libdb2.so.2.7.7
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 56480 16260
/lib/libresolv-2.2.5.so
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,6 151252 165924
/usr/lib/libldap.so.2.0.15
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,6 36736 165923
/usr/lib/liblber.so.2.0.15
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 1153784 16189
/lib/libc-2.2.5.so
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 8008 16224
/lib/libdl-2.2.5.so
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,6 40612 162882
/usr/lib/libsasl.so.7.1.10
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 40152 16229
/lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 32668 16243
/lib/libnss_files-2.2.5.so
exim 13362 root mem REG 3,2 12176 16231
/lib/libnss_dns-2.2.5.so
exim 13362 root 0u IPv6 43173 TCP *:smtp
(LISTEN)
exim 27942 root cwd DIR 3,7 4096 62741
/var/spool/exim
exim 27942 root rtd DIR 3,2 1024 2 /
exim 27942 root txt REG 3,6 471048 32972
/usr/sbin/exim
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 90210 16154
/lib/ld-2.2.5.so
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,6 9188 163912
/usr/lib/libident.so.0.22
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,6 34380 164067
/usr/lib/libpcre.so.3.03
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 69472 16228
/lib/libnsl-2.2.5.so
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 19136 16212
/lib/libcrypt-2.2.5.so
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 29420 16137
/lib/libpam.so.0.72
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 262812 16139
/lib/libdb2.so.2.7.7
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 56480 16260
/lib/libresolv-2.2.5.so
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,6 151252 165924
/usr/lib/libldap.so.2.0.15
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,6 36736 165923
/usr/lib/liblber.so.2.0.15
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 1153784 16189
/lib/libc-2.2.5.so
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 8008 16224
/lib/libdl-2.2.5.so
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,6 40612 162882
/usr/lib/libsasl.so.7.1.10
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 40152 16229
/lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 32668 16243
/lib/libnss_files-2.2.5.so
exim 27942 root mem REG 3,2 12176 16231
/lib/libnss_dns-2.2.5.so
exim 27942 root 0r FIFO 0,5 115754 pipe
exim 27942 root 1w FIFO 0,5 115755 pipe
exim 27942 root 2w FIFO 0,5 115755 pipe
exim 27942 root 3r DIR 0,0 0 1 /
exim 27942 root 4r DIR 0,0 0 1 /
exim 27942 root 5w REG 3,7 191436 18
/var/log/exim/mainlog
exim 27942 root 6r REG 3,2 869 72
/etc/exim/DOMAINS
exim 27942 root 7r FIFO 0,5 115777 pipe
exim 27945 root cwd DIR 3,7 4096 62741
/var/spool/exim
exim 27945 root rtd DIR 3,2 1024 2 /
exim 27945 root txt REG 3,6 471048 32972
/usr/sbin/exim
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 90210 16154
/lib/ld-2.2.5.so
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,6 9188 163912
/usr/lib/libident.so.0.22
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,6 34380 164067
/usr/lib/libpcre.so.3.03
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 69472 16228
/lib/libnsl-2.2.5.so
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 19136 16212
/lib/libcrypt-2.2.5.so
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 29420 16137
/lib/libpam.so.0.72
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 262812 16139
/lib/libdb2.so.2.7.7
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 56480 16260
/lib/libresolv-2.2.5.so
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,6 151252 165924
/usr/lib/libldap.so.2.0.15
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,6 36736 165923
/usr/lib/liblber.so.2.0.15
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 1153784 16189
/lib/libc-2.2.5.so
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 8008 16224
/lib/libdl-2.2.5.so
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,6 40612 162882
/usr/lib/libsasl.so.7.1.10
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 40152 16229
/lib/libnss_compat-2.2.5.so
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 32668 16243
/lib/libnss_files-2.2.5.so
exim 27945 root mem REG 3,2 12176 16231
/lib/libnss_dns-2.2.5.so
exim 27945 root 0r FIFO 0,5 115754 pipe
exim 27945 root 1w FIFO 0,5 115755 pipe
exim 27945 root 2w FIFO 0,5 115755 pipe
exim 27945 root 3r DIR 0,0 0 1 /
exim 27945 root 4r DIR 0,0 0 1 /
exim 27945 root 5w REG 3,7 191436 18
/var/log/exim/mainlog
exim 27945 root 6w REG 3,7 0 156923
/var/spool/exim/input/18ghnf-0002ji-00-J
exim 27945 root 7r FIFO 0,5 115777 pipe
exim 27945 root 8w FIFO 0,5 115777 pipe
exim 27945 root 9u REG 3,7 10142 157186
/var/spool/exim/input/18ghnf-0002ji-00-D
exim 27945 root 10w REG 3,7 232512 157168
/var/spool/exim/msglog/18ghnf-0002ji-00
exim 27945 root 11u IPv4 115781 TCP
server:1197->208.254.79.196:smtp (SYN_SENT)
in case something besides an exim-named process has it open, i
also tried this:
# lsof | egrep 'wait|retry'
<nothing>
i did the brute-force "rm *lockfile" in the spool directory and
still no luck.
any pointers appreciated.
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