Re: [Exim] 2nd try: local_delivery without home directory

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Author: Frank Elsner
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] 2nd try: local_delivery without home directory
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000 14:00:58 GMT Philip Hazel wrote:

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> It isn't that the home directory is needed. What *is* needed is some
> directory to "chdir" to before running a local delivery under a non-root
> uid (probably doesn't matter for appendfile much, but does matter for
> pipes). Some operating systems get unhappy if a process is running with
> a current directory that its uid cannot actually access.
>
> If you are using a normal "localuser" director to get to your transport,
> the default is to use the home directory. However, you can change this
> by setting current_directory on the transport. For example,
>
> current_directory = /


Many thanks, it works as desired.

-Frank Elsner