[Pkg-exim4-users] exim4 4.84-8 does not install / configure on debian Jessie ARM

[Carsten von Aswegen]

> On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 03:04:56PM +0200, Carsten von Aswegen wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 10:45:45PM +0200, Carsten von Aswegen wrote:
> > > > > as the error message clearly states your system is lacking the group
> > > > > "mail". Have you any idea why?
> > > > > 
> > > > > cu Andreas
> > > > 
> > > > Hi, yes I understand that group mail is not found during the set-up of
> > > > the
> > > > package. Anyway, it exists.
> > > > 
> > > > root at cva:/# getent group mail
> > > 
> > > > mail:x:8:
> > > This typically happens when /etc/nsswitch.conf is misconfigured or the
> > > /etc/group file was corrupted in some weird way.
> > > 
> > > Greetings
> > > Marc
> > 
> > I used "grpck" to check the /etc/group file. No errors were reported.
> > I replaced my nsswitch.conf file with the default one (out of package
> > base-
> > files, which was also not much of a difference). Then I tried again. The
> > problem stays the same.
> 
> I'm out of ideas then.
> 
> Greetings
> Marc

Solved - /etc/group file was ok, but not file permissions. 0600 is not enough. 
Changed to 0644 and everything works fine.

Regards
Carsten