Bug#263379: exim4: permissions on scan directory prevent email scanning

Marc Haber Marc Haber <mh+debian-packages@zugschlus.de>, 263379-maintonly@bugs.debian.org
Wed, 4 Aug 2004 06:39:49 +0200


severity #263379 wishlist
thanks

On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 10:11:53PM -0400, David Clymer wrote:
> following an upgrade of exim4 and from clamav 0.70 to 0.74, clamav
> rejects all mail due to the fact that it can no longer access the files
> it is attempting to scan. My assumption is that this may have been
> caused by a change of permissions or ownership on the /var/spool/exim4/scan
> directory, or the ownership/permissions of the files that exim puts there to be
> scanned.

There is no /var/spool/exim4/scan directory in the distribution.

Please elaborate.

Greetings
Marc

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