Re: [EXIM] 1.90 address_pipe fails

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Author: Tony Earnshaw
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] 1.90 address_pipe fails
Arthur Hagen wrote:

> Further to my own question about address_pipe failing.
> It seems that for v 1.82, it would deliver without failing if exim had been
> started by root, without the program itself being suid root.
> Under 1.90, it requires the s bit set, even for incoming email when originally
> started with root privileges. Any speculations on how this can be avoided?
> (Sending local mail with exim from the local machine is not needed here.)


What are your security worries about having the suid-bit set on the Exim
binary? I can't see any, and I'm extremely security conscious.

Tony

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