On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
>
> 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 ?
Ok, how do I specify what user to access files from within a director?
All of the documentation I have found refers to setting up a user for
the _transport_, but nothing mentions how to set what user permissions
to use for a director.
> Root does not neccessarily have permission; consider an NFS exported home
> directory with root squashed.
Perhaps in the more general case. This does not apply to my specific
case..
>
> Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
> A.C.Aitchison@??? http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~werdna
>
>
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