Mailing List Archive: Queue problems

I've come to understand how the spool folder and the
such work after reading much documentation. Exim has
it's own queue that it puts mail in, and there is some
device (in the configuration file somewhere... THIS IS
THE PART WHERE I NEED HELP) that tells the mail how to
get to /var/mail/$user (in my case on a RH machine) so
that the user can read thier mail from the machine.
In my exim 4.04 configuration file I removed 'root'
from the never_users list and all the outbound mail
that I had tried to send from various users got to
it's destination. I don't know if this is normal but
I know that it worked when I removed it. I checked
the msglog/log file to see that there were several
error messages. In one log file I found a bunch of
lines that said "2002-06-03 12:50:23
nomercy@eutonian.com <NoMercy@eutonian.com>
R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (13): Permission
denied: failed to chdir to /home/nomercy". Then in
another file I found something even more evil sounding
than that... "nomercy@eutonian.com R=localuser
T=local_delivery defer (13): Permission denied:
creating lock file hitching post
/var/mail/nomercy.lock.eutonian.3cfbce75.0000261a
(euid=502 egid=502)". Now that I found rather
offensive. Can anyone tell me what that second error
means and what I have to change to get my mail to be
delivered from my queue to my users local mailboxes.
this is my first time using exim so I appreciate your
guys help. Oh, my config file...
http://www.eutonian.com/links/configure. Thanks
again,
Brandon

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On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Brandon Mercer wrote:

> I've come to understand how the spool folder and the
> such work after reading much documentation. Exim has
> it's own queue that it puts mail in, and there is some
> device (in the configuration file somewhere... THIS IS
> THE PART WHERE I NEED HELP) that tells the mail how to

There is a file that comes with exim, entitled "The Exim Specification"

Its filename is spec.txt (for the plain text version, there are HTML,
postscript, and a few other formats available. Pick your favorite.)

It should be included in your exim distribution, if not, its available
at www.exim.org. Note that exim recently underwent some major changes,
and the new version is 4.xx --- If you have exim 3.xx, make sure you get
the exim 3.xx documentation.

You'll want to read this file from top to bottom. Twice.

The question you are asking is akin to

"My blender isnt making my drink. Why not?"

There are a lot of different drinks you can make, and a lot of different
ways to make them.

> get to /var/mail/$user (in my case on a RH machine) so
> that the user can read thier mail from the machine.
> In my exim 4.04 configuration file I removed 'root'
> from the never_users list and all the outbound mail
> that I had tried to send from various users got to
> it's destination. I don't know if this is normal but
> I know that it worked when I removed it. I checked
> the msglog/log file to see that there were several
> error messages. In one log file I found a bunch of
> lines that said "2002-06-03 12:50:23
> nomercy@eutonian.com <NoMercy@eutonian.com>
> R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (13): Permission
> denied: failed to chdir to /home/nomercy". Then in
> another file I found something even more evil sounding
> than that... "nomercy@eutonian.com R=localuser
> T=local_delivery defer (13): Permission denied:
> creating lock file hitching post

Aha.. There another fantastic document you'll want to use as well.

It is the exim FAQ, also included with the official exim distribution,
and available on the same site as above.

Search for "lock file hitching post:" in the FAQ and it will tell you
_exactly_ why this is occuring.

> /var/mail/nomercy.lock.eutonian.3cfbce75.0000261a
> (euid=502 egid=502)". Now that I found rather
> offensive. Can anyone tell me what that second error
> means and what I have to change to get my mail to be
> delivered from my queue to my users local mailboxes.
> this is my first time using exim so I appreciate your
> guys help. Oh, my config file...
> http://www.eutonian.com/links/configure. Thanks
> again,
> Brandon
>
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> Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup
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