Re: exim errors
Mike Skallas wrote: I just installed the newest version of exim, ran the exim-config config script and am getting this error in the logs everytime I tried to start to service: 2004-08-19 01:58:03 Exim configuration file /etc/exim.conf has the wrong owner, group, or mode A google search brought up changing the permissions of exim.conf to 644, which I did, but I'm still getting the same error. Any ideas guys? This is an XP machine running SP2 if that matters. 644 permissions are OK, but what are the owner and the group? Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: exim errors
Pierre A. Humblet: 644 permissions are OK, but what are the owner and the group? I (the only user) am the owner and it has no group: $ ls -la exim* -rwxr--r--1 mike None26475 Aug 19 01:51 exim.conf Any ideas? Also, how do I see a list of groups in cygwin? I know passwd shows users and what groups they might be in, but is there a command to view created groups? -- Mike Block Banner Ads Now http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html Mike Skallas wrote: I just installed the newest version of exim, ran the exim-config config script and am getting this error in the logs everytime I tried to start to service: 2004-08-19 01:58:03 Exim configuration file /etc/exim.conf has the wrong owner, group, or mode A google search brought up changing the permissions of exim.conf to 644, which I did, but I'm still getting the same error. Any ideas guys? This is an XP machine running SP2 if that matters. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: exim errors
At 09:52 PM 8/19/2004 -0500, Mike Skallas wrote: Pierre A. Humblet: 644 permissions are OK, but what are the owner and the group? I (the only user) am the owner and it has no group: $ ls -la exim* -rwxr--r--1 mike None26475 Aug 19 01:51 exim.conf Any ideas? Also, how do I see a list of groups in cygwin? I know passwd shows users and what groups they might be in, but is there a command to view created groups? The groups are listed in the file /etc/groups, which you should have. /etc/exim.conf should be owned by SYSTEM, with group Administrators (which may also be known as root) So just type chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf You must be in Administrators for this command to work. You can then launch the exim daemon again. Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: exim errors
chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf Still getting the same check permissions/owners error. There is no root user on this installation (which is weird as I assume root is in all unixy things) so I also tried making the owner Administrator and the group System. I also tried System:System. Still no luck. I reinstalled exim because I remembered an error that the install script gave and reran it: [: 5.1: bad number This appears right after the question regarding FQDN. Maybe this is part of the problem? Mike Pierre A. Humblet wrote: At 09:52 PM 8/19/2004 -0500, Mike Skallas wrote: Pierre A. Humblet: 644 permissions are OK, but what are the owner and the group? I (the only user) am the owner and it has no group: $ ls -la exim* -rwxr--r--1 mike None26475 Aug 19 01:51 exim.conf Any ideas? Also, how do I see a list of groups in cygwin? I know passwd shows users and what groups they might be in, but is there a command to view created groups? The groups are listed in the file /etc/groups, which you should have. /etc/exim.conf should be owned by SYSTEM, with group Administrators (which may also be known as root) So just type chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf You must be in Administrators for this command to work. You can then launch the exim daemon again. Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: exim errors
At 10:39 PM 8/19/2004 -0500, Mike Skallas wrote: chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf Still getting the same check permissions/owners error. There is no root user on this installation (which is weird as I assume root is in all unixy things) so I also tried making the owner Administrator and the group System. I also tried System:System. Still no luck. I reinstalled exim because I remembered an error that the install script gave and reran it: [: 5.1: bad number This appears right after the question regarding FQDN. Maybe this is part of the problem? Mike Did the chown succeed or was there an error message? What does ls -l /etc/exim.conf output after the chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf? What is the output of id? I am assuming that the install script you mention is exim-config. I am looking into that error. Pierre Pierre A. Humblet wrote: At 09:52 PM 8/19/2004 -0500, Mike Skallas wrote: Pierre A. Humblet: 644 permissions are OK, but what are the owner and the group? I (the only user) am the owner and it has no group: $ ls -la exim* -rwxr--r--1 mike None26475 Aug 19 01:51 exim.conf Any ideas? Also, how do I see a list of groups in cygwin? I know passwd shows users and what groups they might be in, but is there a command to view created groups? The groups are listed in the file /etc/groups, which you should have. /etc/exim.conf should be owned by SYSTEM, with group Administrators (which may also be known as root) So just type chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf You must be in Administrators for this command to work. You can then launch the exim daemon again. Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: exim errors
No errors when doing the chown. Output: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc $ chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc $ id uid=1003(mike)gid=513(None)groups=0(root),513(None),544(Administrators),545(Users) I've also noticed the exim resides in both /bin and /usr/bin. Is this correct? I am assuming that the install script you mention is exim-config. Yep, correct. I just tried net start exim and it works after doing that last chown just now. No idea why it just decided to work. The only odd thing I can find on here is that the exim installation exists in both /bin and /usr/bin. I'm assuming /usr/bin is a link to the /bin directory. Mike Pierre A. Humblet wrote: At 10:39 PM 8/19/2004 -0500, Mike Skallas wrote: chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf Still getting the same check permissions/owners error. There is no root user on this installation (which is weird as I assume root is in all unixy things) so I also tried making the owner Administrator and the group System. I also tried System:System. Still no luck. I reinstalled exim because I remembered an error that the install script gave and reran it: [: 5.1: bad number This appears right after the question regarding FQDN. Maybe this is part of the problem? Mike Did the chown succeed or was there an error message? What does ls -l /etc/exim.conf output after the chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf? What is the output of id? I am assuming that the install script you mention is exim-config. I am looking into that error. Pierre Pierre A. Humblet wrote: At 09:52 PM 8/19/2004 -0500, Mike Skallas wrote: Pierre A. Humblet: 644 permissions are OK, but what are the owner and the group? I (the only user) am the owner and it has no group: $ ls -la exim* -rwxr--r--1 mike None26475 Aug 19 01:51 exim.conf Any ideas? Also, how do I see a list of groups in cygwin? I know passwd shows users and what groups they might be in, but is there a command to view created groups? The groups are listed in the file /etc/groups, which you should have. /etc/exim.conf should be owned by SYSTEM, with group Administrators (which may also be known as root) So just type chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf You must be in Administrators for this command to work. You can then launch the exim daemon again. Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: exim errors
At 10:59 PM 8/19/2004 -0500, Mike Skallas wrote: No errors when doing the chown. Output: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc $ chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf [EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc $ id uid=1003(mike)gid=513(None)groups=0(root),513(None),544(Administrators),545 (Users) I've also noticed the exim resides in both /bin and /usr/bin. Is this correct? Yes, see below I am assuming that the install script you mention is exim-config. Yep, correct. I just tried net start exim and it works after doing that last chown just now. No idea why it just decided to work. Life is full of mysteries... The only odd thing I can find on here is that the exim installation exists in both /bin and /usr/bin. I'm assuming /usr/bin is a link to the /bin directory. Your explanation is pretty good. It's actually a mount, but it amounts to about the same thing as a symbolic link. Pierre Mike Pierre A. Humblet wrote: At 10:39 PM 8/19/2004 -0500, Mike Skallas wrote: chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf Still getting the same check permissions/owners error. There is no root user on this installation (which is weird as I assume root is in all unixy things) so I also tried making the owner Administrator and the group System. I also tried System:System. Still no luck. I reinstalled exim because I remembered an error that the install script gave and reran it: [: 5.1: bad number This appears right after the question regarding FQDN. Maybe this is part of the problem? Mike Did the chown succeed or was there an error message? What does ls -l /etc/exim.conf output after the chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf? What is the output of id? I am assuming that the install script you mention is exim-config. I am looking into that error. Pierre Pierre A. Humblet wrote: At 09:52 PM 8/19/2004 -0500, Mike Skallas wrote: Pierre A. Humblet: 644 permissions are OK, but what are the owner and the group? I (the only user) am the owner and it has no group: $ ls -la exim* -rwxr--r--1 mike None26475 Aug 19 01:51 exim.conf Any ideas? Also, how do I see a list of groups in cygwin? I know passwd shows users and what groups they might be in, but is there a command to view created groups? The groups are listed in the file /etc/groups, which you should have. /etc/exim.conf should be owned by SYSTEM, with group Administrators (which may also be known as root) So just type chown 18:544 /etc/exim.conf You must be in Administrators for this command to work. You can then launch the exim daemon again. Pierre -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
