On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 01:05:50AM +0200,
bhoc@??? <bhoc@???> is thought to have said:
> > I'm trying to get exim to the point where normal users can check the =
> > mail Q by using the mailq symlink to exim, but whenever a non-root user
> =
> > runs mailq, it just says: exim permission denied
>
> In short words you must be root to do mailq.
No. You must be a member of trusted_users or trusted_groups.
> I reckon this is by design.
Yes. I believe it's primarily due to the privacy issues involved with
letting an unpriviledged user see what mail is sitting on queue and the
senders and recipients of those messages.
> You might want to try sudo or a similar tool.
That's not necessary. Set 'queue_list_requires_admin = false' in your
config file to override this behavior.
Tabor
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Tabor J. Wells twells@???
Fsck It! Just another victim of the ambient morality
