exim error: (file or directory name for local_delivery transport) not permitted

shams · 06-17-2020, 06:12 AM

In manjaro 20.0.3, i setup my local mail server with exim and dovecot, every thing was ok, i always upgrade my manjaro with new versions of packages, since some day suddenly exim fail to deliver the email messages to my local mail box in /var/mail/user, this is the /var/log/exim/paniclog error message:

Code:

2020-06-14 13:36:29 1jkOaz-0000te-2f == user@localhost R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (-1): Tainted '/var/mail/user' (file or directory name for local_delivery transport) not permitted

This is the /var/mail permissions mode:

Code:

#ls -al /var/mail
drwxrwxrwt 2 root  root    4096 Jun 17 15:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root  root    4096 Jun  9 20:38 ..
-rw------- 1 user  user 947962 Jun 17 15:25 user

any help please?

ehartman · 06-18-2020, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shams

This is the /var/mail permissions mode:

Code:

#ls -al /var/mail
drwxrwxrwt 2 root  root    4096 Jun 17 15:44 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root  root    4096 Jun  9 20:38 ..
-rw------- 1 user  user 947962 Jun 17 15:25 user

any help please?

I just think directory /var/mail should have group ID "mail" and that "user" file as well and the latter should be rw for that group, so

Code:

drwxrwxrwt 2 root  mail    4096 Jun 17 15:44 .
-rw-rw---- 1 user  mail 947962 Jun 17 15:25 user

Deadeye412 · 06-20-2020, 01:21 PM

I also had this error and found in my exim.conf file under transports the following for local deliveries:
local_delivery:
driver = appendfile
file = /var/mail/$local_part
delivery_date_add
envelope_to_add
return_path_add
group = mail
mode = 0660

The new (exim.conf.rpmnew) file had the "file" listed as: file = /var/mail/$local_part_data

I changed that line to match what was in the "rpmnew" file and it is now working fine.

Hope this helps.

mediumlinux · 11-04-2020, 02:44 AM

SOLUTION!

that was it for me, thanks!

Guess I should have read the changelogs!