boutilpj@??? said:
> Perhaps exim should ask for the password when it starts up? Kind of
> like the way mod_ssl/apache do it?
This wouldn't be possible the way that exim runs... it drops root and
then re-execs itself if root or other privaledge is needed. I guess it
might just be possible to keep a key around under strictly limited
circumstances, but it would be very hard....
You might be able to have the first process take a password, put it
into a shared memory segment, and then map that in from subsequent
invocations... more than a little messy though and possibly with more
security holes than putting the thing into the config file
Nigel.
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