On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Michael Collin Nielsen wrote:
> > > as exim /pack/exim-4.05/bin/exim -bd
> > > as exim /pack/exim-4.05/bin/exim -C /etc/eximmail/exim_outgoing.conf -q30m
> >
> > Do you start the second one as root? If not, the use of -C is going to
> > make it give up its privilege.
>
> Yes, I start both of them as root. Does exim always give up its privileges
> if given a -C argument ?
Yes, unless it is called by root or exim. So you should be OK starting
it as root.
Try running
/pack/exim-4.05/bin/exim -d -C /etc/eximmail/exim_outgoing.conf -q30m
(as root) and taking a look at the debugging output (stderr). Maybe that
will give a clue.
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