Sometime during the past few days exim4 (4.52 #1 built 02-Jul-2005 06:12:03) on a debian testing system (Linux UlanBator 2.4.27-speakup #1 Fri Feb 25 15:43:38 EST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux) stopped sending mail to my isp. After poking around a bit with -d, I found smtp authentication was failing because the /etc/exim4/passwd.client read was failing due to permission problems. The permissions were
ul ls -l /etc/exim4/passwd.client -rw-r----- 1 root root 241 2005-05-02 18:32 /etc/exim4/passwd.client and changing them to ul ls -l /etc/exim4/passwd.client -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 241 2005-05-02 20:55 /etc/exim4/passwd.client fixed the problem. However, it is unclear to me why permissions would flip; I'm also thinking my solution is not the best possible one. What could be an explanation for this problem, and what are some possible better solutions for it? Notes: 1 Outgoing mail was working Monday (August 8) and Tuesday; it failed sometime Wednesday. 2 The system is upgraded weekly early Sunday morning. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]