Are you sure those files belong to the correct user?
If you created them as root they will not be writable by the imapd user until you give those files to the right user with "chown" Stefan Goethals System Engineer --- ADEPT nv - The partner to make IT secure! Vlamingstraat 4, B-8560 Wevelgem, Belgium E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel :+32-(0)56-432.888 ________________________________________________________________ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. ADEPT and each of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of any such entity. Unless otherwise stated, any pricing information given in this message is indicative only, is subject to change and does not constitute an offer to deal at any price quoted. Any reference to the terms of executed transactions should be treated as preliminary only and subject to our formal written confirmation. Manuel Hendel <Manuel.Hendel@easygolucky To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .de> cc: Cyrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Subject: Re: can't write to the imapd.log and auth.log [EMAIL PROTECTED] rew.cmu.edu 21/02/2002 14:46 On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 02:31:24PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > execute > touch /var/log/imapd.log > and > touch /var/log/auth.log > > imapd does not create the files if they dont exist This doesn't change anything, I tried this before. Manuel -- You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. -Beverly Sills