On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Stephen Nurse wrote:
> > > 1998-08-10 16:55:32 0z5y2W-0000B8-00 == xxxx@???
> > > <xxxx@???> D=userforward defer (-1): failed to open
> > > /home/xxxx/.forward (userforward director): Permission
> > denied (euid=1000
> > > egid=101)
> >
> > What are the permissions on /home/xxxx/.forward? What is the euid and
> > egid for user xxxx?
>
> Actually this is the same for all users : There are no .forward files.
OK, the permission problem must have been on /home/xxxx in that case.
> Exim's UID is 1000 and the GID is 101. The above command doesn't work:
>
> mgate1:/home# exim -bP exim_uid exim_gid
> exim_uid is not a known option
> exim_gid is not a known option
Oops. Should have been exim_user and exim_group. Sorry. Old age.
> Bingo! Exim was upgraded to 2.02 and by the looks of it, exim.O was setuid
> root, but the new exim didn't get set, or was changed. This fixed things
> nicely.
Good. Another one for the FAQ.
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