Re: [EXIM] setting a UID for Exim

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Author: Chris Bannister
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] setting a UID for Exim
On 28 Jan 99, at 15:32, Pollywog wrote:

> 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.


Does /etc/rc.init/init.d/mta try to run Exim as deamon? I think it
would have to either run as root to start as root o binf to port 25.
This would explain why it works as root.

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