On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 eximlist@??? wrote:
> How can I force a file lookup in a directory to be done with root
> permissions? I'm looking data up in a file in a users home directory, and
> there is no guarantee that the home dir will be world readable (or
> readable by the exim user).
> ... ... ...
> I want to force the exists check in the condition in virtualdfl, and the
> require_files and the aliasfile lsearch in virtualmap, to be done with
> root permission to prevent a non-world-readable home dir from mucking it
> up.
Could you do it as the user instead of root ?
Root does not neccessarily have permission; consider an NFS exported home
directory with root squashed.
Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
A.C.Aitchison@??? http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna
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