Re: [Exim] Non root operation

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Author: Piete Brooks
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To: Peter Radcliffe
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Non root operation
> Unless your OS allows non-root users to bind to low ports, this is
> impossible. It must have root privs, however briefly, to bind to port 25.


`impossible' is a bit rash :-)

exim can be invoked from a super server such as inetd.
In this case, exim does not need to bind to a priv port.
As such, exim need never have root privs.

Another option would be to listen on a non-priv port, and have a port
redirector listening on port 25.

I suspect I could come up with others :-))