Re: [Exim] never_users = root if exim_user != root ?

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Author: Peter Radcliffe
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] never_users = root if exim_user != root ?
Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@???> probably said:
> Do I need to specify never_users = root if I have exim_user = nonroot?
> Will Exim running as some user who is not root (say sendmail) be able to
> deliver mail to root, given that root's mailbox is writable by group
> mail?


I have exim_user = nonroot and still have never_users = root (and a
few others) because in many configs (including mine) suid exim will
try to do some deliveries as the UID of the recipient. I don't want
that to ever happen with UID 0, just in case.

\pir

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