> > mail's priviledges so giving mail access to any necessary > > directories is enough for exim to function - unless there are issues > > with the permissions of /var/spool/mail/<insert your favourite > > username here>. Now another question: are there? > > As long as /var/spool/mail/* is writable/owned by the 'mail' user I do > not see a problem here. > > Also check /var/spool/mqueue... if also using outgoing e-mail
Well, lets try it shall we: [paul@marge ~]> cd /usr/sbin [paul@marge sbin]> su Password: [marge /usr/sbin]# ls -l exim -rwsr-xr-x 1 root mail 430740 Jun 9 07:21 exim [marge /usr/sbin]# chmod 2755 exim [marge /usr/sbin]# ls -l exim -rwxr-sr-x 1 root mail 430740 Jun 9 07:21 exim [marge /usr/sbin]# exit exit [paul@marge sbin]> mail paul Subject: Test Does this work? . Cc: [paul@marge sbin]> 2001-11-21 22:41:42 166Vl8-00017q-00 <= [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=paul P=local S=327 2001-11-21 22:41:42 166Vl8-00017q-00 Unable to get root to set uid and gid for local delivery to paul: uid=1000 euid=1000 2001-11-21 22:41:42 166Vl8-00017q-00 Unable to get root to set uid and gid for local delivery to paul: uid=1000 euid=1000 It appears there is a problem, although arguably in the implementation. Source code anyone? -- Paul Haesler [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 124547085 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]