Re: [EXIM] question about EXIM_UID and GID

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Author: Pollywog
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] question about EXIM_UID and GID

On 02-Feb-99 Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Pollywog wrote:
>
>> I tried /etc/rc.d/init.d/mta start -d9 to start it and it started normally
>> and
>> I stopped it with /etc/rc.d/init.d/mta stop
>> I did not need ^C to kill it.
>
> No, no. I didn't mean that. I meant that you should look inside
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/mta and find out what command it runs to start Exim.
> Then add -d9 to *that*. The command is going to be something like
>
> /usr/lib/sendmail -bd -q1h
>
> I would expect. -d9 is something that Exim understands. I wouldn't
> expect /etc/rc.d/init.d/mta to understand it. I was trying to get
> information as to why it wasn't starting the daemon.
>

Could I put EXIM_UID=18 and EXIM_GID=18 in my exim configuration file and then
edit the MTA script and then start Exim? It would be easier than recompiling
all day :)

thanks

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Andrew

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