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Autor: dng@d404.nl
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A: dng
Asunto: Re: [DNG] exim paniclog /var/log/exim4/paniclog has non-zero size
On 01-12-2021 00:00, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote:
> I am getting e-mails like the one below all the time, now.  I had this
> problem once before and I think that all I had to do was clear the
> paniclog with '> paniclog', but that does not seem to be working,
> now.  I cleared it this morning, and when I just checked it was
> filling up again.  It looks like I get three lines every half hour. 
> This is preventing me from receiving e-mails sent by a cron job that
> runs a backup script.  Any ideas on how to get rid of this and not
> have it come back would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Marc
>
> e-mail showing paniclog:
>
> exim paniclog /var/log/exim4/paniclog on quixote.home has non-zero
> size, mail system might be broken. Up to 10 lines are quoted below.
>
> 2021-11-30 06:00:19 1momA3-00054k-DE ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
> 2021-11-30 06:30:19 1mrJnB-00026m-53 ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
> 2021-11-30 06:30:20 1mmEkA-00009l-Jr ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
> 2021-11-30 06:30:20 1momA3-00054k-DE ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
> 2021-11-30 07:00:19 1mrJnB-00026m-53 ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
> 2021-11-30 07:00:19 1mmEkA-00009l-Jr ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
> 2021-11-30 07:00:19 1momA3-00054k-DE ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
> 2021-11-30 07:30:19 1mrJnB-00026m-53 ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
> 2021-11-30 07:30:20 1mmEkA-00009l-Jr ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
> 2021-11-30 07:30:20 1momA3-00054k-DE ==marc@??? R=local_user
> T=mail_spool defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/marc' (file or directory
> name for mail_spool transport) not permitted
>
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You probably used a UID/GID to clear paniclog which exim cannot write to
because different group or no group or other rights.

Grtz

Nick