Question : EXIM mail manager (LAMP) permissions auto-reset     how to prevent resetting for a specific file

we want to allow a system script to search in /var/log/exim_mainlog
we have it working successfully
(the script has an extra password for security)

in order to make it work we had to chg the file permissions for exim_mainlog  using CHMOD

but EXIM is changing them back every 5 minutes (when it wakes up).

where is the setting in EXIM to exclude a specific file from this resetting, albeit well intended

Answer : EXIM mail manager (LAMP) permissions auto-reset     how to prevent resetting for a specific file

If you have RHEL5 you should be able to add an acl with the right access settings onto the file.

see man getfacl & setfacl for more info.