Permission denied to view exim log

[psytanium]

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,

 

[GOT]

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)

 

[cPanelLauren]

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?

 

[psytanium]

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.

 

[cPanelLauren]

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

Thanks!