Re: [EXIM] wishlist - admin users/exim group

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Author: Sheldon Hearn
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: Paul Mansfield, Exim users mailing list
Subject: Re: [EXIM] wishlist - admin users/exim group


On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:28:48 +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:

> > It would be nice to have an option like "admin_users", much like
> > "trusted_users"; it'd allow granting, temporarily, privileges to
> > people without having to use root to edit the system group file
> > /etc/group (if your exim admin is not privileged to have root).
>
> Noted.


The problem here is that the option, when changed, would require sending
a HUP to exim.

A less important issue, but something worth being aware of is that
Exim's configure file should not be writeable by its own UID and GID.
That's easy to get around, by creating a group like eximadm. But how
would you organize the HUP?

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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