Re: [Exim] deliver_drop_privilege

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Author: Philip Hazel
Date:  
To: Robert Rotman
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] deliver_drop_privilege
On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Robert Rotman wrote:

> On a transport i set:
> user=exim
> group=users
>
> I compiled exim-3.953 with
> EXIM_USER=exim
> EXIM_GROUP=
>
> In the /etc/passwd i have:
> exim:x:1008:100
>
> and got in the log:
> unable to set gid=100 or uid=1008 (euid=1008):
> when i set deliver_drop_privilege


What is the gid of group "users"?

Try running with -d, which should output uid/gid change information.

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