Re: [EXIM] setting a UID for Exim

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Author: Pollywog
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] setting a UID for Exim

On 28-Jan-99 Chris Bannister wrote:
> 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?


Yes it does. I have been running Exim this way (as daemon) for a long
time. Now I find out it is better to run Exim from a GID other than 0 and
it does not work for me.

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Andrew



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