On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 10:11:44AM -0400, Marc Shapiro wrote: > What do these messages from the cron daemon mean? > > Failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/retry: File exists > > and > > Failed to open DB file /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp: File exists > > I get these messages every morning from the cron daemon. Both of these > files do exist, as well as .lockfiles for each of them. What do I need > to do to correct the problem and stop getting these messages? Should I > delete the .lockfiles? Should I delete all four files? Should I do > something else entirely? This does not SEEM to be causing problems on > my system, but something is obviously not right. Any help will be > appreciated.
I get these too, on two distinct systems running unstable. I was planning on reporting a bug on it but I've been sitting my finals. Consider filing one yourself, if I haven't by the time you read this :-) One of my systems is a full listening SMTP server and another is a satellite system, both exhibit the problem after an upgrade. -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
