Re: [Exim] Configuration data that is sensitive

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Szerző: Philip Hazel
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Címzett: Nigel Metheringham
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Tárgy: Re: [Exim] Configuration data that is sensitive
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Nigel Metheringham wrote:

> >    all the query or queries options, because they can contain 
> >      password information in LDAP queries

>
> Isn't that anything thats an expanded string, host list or domain list
> included there? Thats quite a lot....


Sorry. I meant the options whose names are explicitly "query" and
"queries". But you are right, it may not be a sensible thing. Now, if I
hadn't packaged the LDAP passwords in with the query...

> You could special case -bP - *before* reading the config, if the
> command is a -bP, setuid() to the invoking UID. Then you decide on
> config visisbility by config file permissions.


Hmm.


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