Re: [Exim] Non root operation

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Autor: Peter Radcliffe
Datum:  
To: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [Exim] Non root operation
Mathew Johnston <johnston@???> probably said:
> -Provide exim capability to bind ports
> lower than 1024. (via LIDS or something else)


Start it as root when the machine boots with -bd.

> The only problem that I forsee, is that exim
> will still want to be able to assume a different
> euid for delivery. Therefore, I'm proposing a
> configuration option in the config file that lets
> you tell exim to do everything under it's own user's
> uid, and not change at all.


RTFM security = unprivileged

P.

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