Re: [exim] Problem Owner, group or Mode of Exim4

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Author: Jakob Hirsch
Date:  
To: Jason Meers
CC: exim-users, Markus Braun
Subject: Re: [exim] Problem Owner, group or Mode of Exim4
Quoting Jason Meers:

> Usual Permissions required on Config Files
> owner:exim, group:exim, permissions:644


This should be 640, at least if you have secret information like
passwords (e.g. for db access) or private keys in your config.
The exim binary is usually SUID, so it will have sufficient rights to
read its config, even if called by an unprivileged user.