On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn 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?
It's always a matter of preference. It's just a safety catch to ensure
it will *never* do a local delivery as root, whatever you do to the rest
of the configuration.
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