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

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Author: Sheldon Hearn
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] never_users = root if exim_user != root ?

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:27:19 -0400, Peter Radcliffe wrote:

> 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.


So in our case it's a matter of preference rather than necessity, then?

Ciao,
Sheldon.