Dear Dan,
Going back 20:55 23.05.2002...
> 1) Run exim as root (bad idea)
No way.
> 2) make /etc/shadow readable to world (Then why have it?)
That defeats the purpose, as you pointed out...
> 3) use an external authentication system, like PAM. Problem is that Exim and
> Pam don't always get along that well. Thats why I used a MySQL database. It
> maintains the security since you cannot read from the database w/o a password,
> and allows for searches to be done easily.
Okay, that might be an option, allthough somewhat overkill.
How could I perform the second question, meaning a plain text file,
with per line a username and a password? I think it might be easier?
Thanks,
Johannes mailto:jmp@its-toasted.org
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