Re: [EXIM] local users without homedir

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: vtmue
CC: eml
Subject: Re: [EXIM] local users without homedir
On Fri, 29 May 1998 vtmue@??? wrote:

> With standard config, exim wants to check for $homedir/.forward, causing
> an error message and a deferred delivery.
> Simply uncommenting the userforward entries doesn't help.


What happens? Removing the forwardfile director should stop it looking
for forward files!


> How can I configure exim so that it doesn't checks a user's homedir at
> all?


  userforward:
    driver = forwardfile
    file = ${home}/.forward
    no_verify
    check_ancestor


That will just check for the existence of the file without trying to
stat the home directory first. Or possibly you want to use

  userforward:
    driver = forwardfile
    require_files = ${home} 
    file = .forward
    no_verify
    check_ancestor


which checks that a home directory exists as a pre-requisite to running
the director.


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