[Exim] Re: Config Problem: Unprivileged user [nobody@blah.co…

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Auteur: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Aan: Simon Clayton
CC: exim-users
Onderwerp: [Exim] Re: Config Problem: Unprivileged user [nobody@blah.com]
+++ Simon Clayton [exim-users] <03/09/01 12:12 +0100>:
> >> In more recent versions of exim, you can use untrusted_set_sender
> >> Or else, you can run the php script as a different user from "nobody"
> >> and include that user in the trusted_users list.
>
> Why change the user? "Nobody" can't login to the server and relaying
> is only performed for localhost - is that not secure enough?


"Nobody" is, as the GECOS field (where you got the "unprivileged user" from)
is an unprivileged user. For security reasons, you don't go around making
such a user trusted.

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Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org
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