On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 10:15:43AM +0200, Sebastian Nielsen via Exim-users wrote: > I have got a little problem with my exim installation in debian. > > I have compiled exim from source and installed. However, since I don't want > to compile all libraries aswell, I have chosen to install the corresponding > debian packages for these libraries. > > One of these libraries are changing the user rights for the spool folder to > Debian-exim all the time. (instead of exim that is the correct user). > > This causes lots of permission errors. > > Which script or file is causing these changes? And how can I prevent them? >
The exim4-base package "fixes" permissions and ownerships when said package is installed or upgraded. I would advise not to install any of the exim4-* packages when using a self compiled exim. Regards, Cedric -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
