Re: [Exim] Problems with writing to spool

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Author: Dave C.
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: Andreas Gietl, Ian Southam, Andre Grueneberg, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Problems with writing to spool
Er.. I defer to the author, of course.

I wasn't being detailed, just using that as a general indication that
it changes the UID :>

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Philip Hazel wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Dave C. wrote:
>
> > Exim does a set_euid() call to set the id to the user its delivering
> > mail to when making local deliveries.
>
> For the record, it is setuid(), *not* seteuid(). The distinction matters
> if you are concerned about security nitty-gritty.
>
>


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