When I post to a moderated newsgroup, I have the following line in my exim logs:
2002-04-09 01:07:58 16uiEu-0003oP-00 failed to open database lock file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp.lockfile: Permission denied (euid=8 egid=8) This is due to: ay:/var/spool/exim/db# ls -l total 20 -rw-r----- 1 mail mail 20480 Mar 23 01:53 retry -rw-r----- 1 mail mail 0 Mar 1 17:22 retry.lockfile -rw-r----- 1 root root 4096 Mar 1 19:39 wait-remote_smtp -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Mar 1 19:39 wait-remote_smtp.lockfile Is there a reason why the last two files have owner and group root? Shouldn't they be mail? -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]