On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Terry Edhouse wrote:
> Yes - here's the relevant section of output :
>
> listtest director: file = /usr/mail/mailing_lists/test/inctest.List
> 122 bytes read from /usr/mail/mailing_lists/test/inctest.List
> file is not a filter file
> parse_extract_addresses: ## Title: INCLUDE TEST
> ##
> :include:/usr/mail/mailing_lists/test/inc1.List
> :include:/usr/mail/mailing_lists/test/inc2.List
>
> extract item: :include:/usr/mail/mailing_lists/test/inc1.List
> listtest director deferred inctest
> message: <inctest-l@???> - error in forward file: included
> files not permitted
> inctest-l@??? cannot be resolved at this time:
> <inctest-l@???> - error in forward file: included files not
> permitted
> search_tidyup called
Use "exim -bP director listtest" to be doubly sure that forward files
are not forbidden. Note also the security comments about :include: in
forward files in the manual, especially the one which says
(iii) If neither check_local_user nor directory is set when seteuid()
is not in use, then included files are not permitted.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
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