Re: [Exim] hmm (was Re: bug in pgsql_servers in 4.01?)

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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A: Matt Bernstein
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Assumpte: Re: [Exim] hmm (was Re: bug in pgsql_servers in 4.01?)
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Matt Bernstein wrote:

> More interestingly, the ident authentication sometimes fails (possibly due
> to Exim 4 using setuid?). It works with exim -bv but not with exim -bt. It
> looks like Exim might be still running as root, whereas my old Exim 3
> would have been euid 42 (exim). I can fix this at the pgsql end in an ugly
> hacky way, but maybe there's a more beautiful solution. Hmmm...


-bv will run as exim (because Exim is running as exim during SMTP
input).

-bt will run as root (because Exim is running as root when routing
addresses for delivery).

This is indeed a change from Exim 3.

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