Re: exim4 mainlog msglog permissions - Unresolved
Thomas H. George wrote: After finally understanding the exim4 authentication setup - as root I am able to send email to my other mail box - I tried to send mail as tom and from mutt. No go. First, there were messages that exim4 could not write to the files /var/log/exim4/mainlog and paniclog - permission denied. I added tom to the Debian-exim group and the mail group. This had no effect. I then changed the file permissions from 640 to 666. That resolved the mainlog and paniclog problem. Next there was a message the exim4 could not write to the directory /var/spool/exim4/msglog - permission denied. Again I changed the directory permissions to 666. Now there was no protest but the messages were not received by my other mail box. Investigating I found that there were entries in mainlog stating the messages were frozen and messages in the msglog directory with 640 permissions and tom:tom ownership. Earlier frozen messages (from attempts to send mail as root while the authentication setup was incorrect) are owned by Debian-exim:Debian-exim. I don't understand this at all. It seems to me that the standard installation should such that normal users can send and receive mail and root is prevented from doing so. What I have encountered is the other way around and I have yet find all the changes - or the best practice changes - which allow a normal user to send mail. Tom Unresolved. I have tried re-running dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config - No change. I have tried dpkg --purge exim4 followed by apt-get install exim4 - No change. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
exim4 mainlog msglog permissions?
After finally understanding the exim4 authentication setup - as root I am able to send email to my other mail box - I tried to send mail as tom and from mutt. No go. First, there were messages that exim4 could not write to the files /var/log/exim4/mainlog and paniclog - permission denied. I added tom to the Debian-exim group and the mail group. This had no effect. I then changed the file permissions from 640 to 666. That resolved the mainlog and paniclog problem. Next there was a message the exim4 could not write to the directory /var/spool/exim4/msglog - permission denied. Again I changed the directory permissions to 666. Now there was no protest but the messages were not received by my other mail box. Investigating I found that there were entries in mainlog stating the messages were frozen and messages in the msglog directory with 640 permissions and tom:tom ownership. Earlier frozen messages (from attempts to send mail as root while the authentication setup was incorrect) are owned by Debian-exim:Debian-exim. I don't understand this at all. It seems to me that the standard installation should such that normal users can send and receive mail and root is prevented from doing so. What I have encountered is the other way around and I have yet find all the changes - or the best practice changes - which allow a normal user to send mail. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: exim4 mainlog msglog permissions?
Hello Thomas, * Thomas H. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08.10.2008 After finally understanding the exim4 authentication setup - as root I am able to send email to my other mail box - I tried to send mail as tom and from mutt. No go. First, there were messages that exim4 could not write to the files /var/log/exim4/mainlog and paniclog - permission denied. I added tom to the Debian-exim group and the mail group. This had no effect. I then changed the file permissions from 640 to 666. That resolved the mainlog and paniclog problem. This is normally not necessary. Here is the output from my files. $ls -l /var/log/exim4 -rw-r- 1 Debian-exim adm 12803 8. Okt 19:28 mainlog Next there was a message the exim4 could not write to the directory /var/spool/exim4/msglog - permission denied. Again I changed the directory permissions to 666. $ls -l /var/spool/exim4/ drwxr-x--- 2 Debian-exim Debian-exim 4096 8. Okt 18:10 msglog I don't understand this at all. It seems to me that the standard installation should such that normal users can send and receive mail and root is prevented from doing so. What I have encountered is the other way around and I have yet find all the changes - or the best practice changes - which allow a normal user to send mail. What messages do you get in the logfiles when you want to send mail? First of all make as root $dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config and answer the questions according to your needs which you will be asked for. Here on my Debian Sid and on my Etch it was working out of the box. The only thing I had to do was the dpkg-reconfigure command. Hth Michael -- This is Linux Country. On a quiet night you can hear Windows NT reboot! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
