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Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 2002 13:08:58 -0400
From:	"Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>
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To:	Youssef Eldakar <youssef DOT eldakar AT bibalex DOT org>
CC:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: exim 4.10-2: exim.conf Permissions
References:	<003201c27b2c$170ab3b0$c90014ac AT archivisty>

Youssef Eldakar wrote:
> 
> The exim 4.10-2 package sets /etc/exim.conf to mode 777. Attempting to start
> exim (`exim -bd`) fails with the error:
> 
> 'Exim configuration file /etc/exim.conf has the wrong owner, group, or mode'
> 
> The fix is to set /etc/exim.conf to mode 755.

Could you explain exactly what you did to get that result?
Did you edit the file?

exim.conf can be created automatically from two places:
1) during setup, by /etc/postinstall/exim.sh,
   if it doesn't exist already.
2) by a user running /bin/exim-config
As far as I can see the mode is set to 644 in both cases.

If it happened during setup, please try the following:
cd /etc 
mv exim.conf exim.conf.bak
sh -x postinstall/exim.sh.done

You should get a new exim.conf with the right modes.
Send me the output of the sh if it looks interesting.

Pierre

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