From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 1 17:24:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5AF716A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:24:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail3.panix.com (mail3.panix.com [166.84.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49E0343D49 for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:24:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fj@panix.com) Received: from panix5.panix.com (panix5.panix.com [166.84.1.5]) by mail3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75E769821F for ; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:24:23 -0500 (EST) Received: (from fj@localhost) by panix5.panix.com (8.11.6p3/8.8.8/PanixN1.1) id iB1HONM27988 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:24:23 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:24:23 -0500 From: Joe Altman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041201172423.GA2783@panix.com> Mail-Followup-To: Joe Altman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Exim and FBSD 5.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:24:24 -0000 I know it's an FAQ, and I know that strictly, it's likely to be a DB/Exim issue, but I've tried the proposed solution[1] to no avail. So: I have a toy; it runs FBSD 5.3 and I would like to use Exim for local and remote delivery. In my system mail, I am seeing this error: Tidying Exim hints databases: Tidying Exim hints database /var/spool/exim/db/retry ** Failed to open DBM file /var/spool/exim/db/retry for writing: No such file or directory (or Berkeley DB error while opening) I have this MTA running on a 4.x personal machine, and all is well. However, it only does localhost delivery. I'd like to use the 5.3 box for internet mail for my domain. Running the MTA with the debug flag: exim -d Exim version 4.43 (FreeBSD 5.3) uid=0 gid=0 pid=95010 D=fbb95cfd Probably Berkeley DB version 1.8x (native mode) So it sees _something_ about the db. This output is what I see on the 4.x box WRT the db version. The only thing I can think of that might have caused this is that during the original installation, I installed Exim from a package on CD, rather than building from source. But: "...that shouldn't matter...", right? My query: does anyone have exim on FBSD 5.3 running successfully, that is, without the error I see? My guess is that the answer from someone will be: "...of course." but I feel a need to ask. Thanks in advance for any clues. [1] Empty the /var/spool/exim/db/ dir; and let exim recreate the relevant files. -- The boys I mean are not refined they go with girls who buck and bite who masturbate with dynamite; they do not give a shit for wit they kill like you would take a piss...they shake the mountains when they dance.