On 28-Jan-99 Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Pollywog wrote:
>
>> from the Exim README:
>>
>> "Other parameters can be defaulted, though it is
>> recommended you set up a uid and gid for Exim and declare their
>> values
>> in EXIM_USER and EXIM_GROUP."
>>
>> Is this the same as setting GID and UID in the exim/Local/Makefile?
>
> Oops. That's a typo in the README. It should read EXIM_UID and EXIM_GID.
>
>> When I set UID as 8 and GID as 12, Exim will not start,
>
> What exactly do you mean by "will not start"?
As soon as I start Exim with /etc/rc.d/init.d/mta start, it crashes and
'ps ax' shows it is not running. If I compile Exim with GID of 0, I do
not have this problem.
--
Andrew
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