Permission denied to view exim log

psytanium

• May 02, 2019 08:53

Hi, I logged to the server WHM interface, and run /var/log/exim_mainlog in Terminal. But I received : Bash: /var/log/exim_mainlog: Permission denied. am i doing something wrong ? Regards,

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  GOT

  • May 02, 2019 13:54

  That's a log file, its not an executable, you can't run it like a program. You could use cat to dump all the contets of it (cat /var/log/exim_mainlog)

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  cPanelLauren

  • May 02, 2019 18:28

  Typically I'll use tail or grep to search through the exim_mainlog - when you do this or what @GOT suggested are you still receiving the same error?

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  psytanium

  • May 02, 2019 18:55

  I was afraid to use cat, i though dump mean delete or through away all exim content. Yes I'm good now, and learning how to search exim to spot spams. Still have a lot to learn. Thank you and hope im not posting questions out of topic of slightly breaking some rules.

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  cPanelLauren

  • May 02, 2019 18:57

  You're fine! I'm glad we're part of helping you learn! Thanks!

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