On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Michael Collin Nielsen wrote:
> If I used a -D<macro>=<value> would that trigger the same problem ?
Yes. An ordinary user is not permitted to call Exim with a modified
configuration file.
I assume you are using queue_only in the -bd configuration, so no
deliveries happen from that daemon? If so, there should be no problem
using -C (or -D) on that exim.
Otherwise, I think you may end up either compiling a different binary,
or patching a copy of the binary. There actually is space in the binary
for this kind of hackery. Look in the binary for this string
--------------Space to patch spool_directory
It isn't actually very hard to write a Perl script to copy the binary
and make the patch en route.
Wait a minute. The value of spool_directory is expanded. If there was
only some way you could tell the difference between the two daemons...
The first thing I can think of is that you start the -q daemon from a
different uid than the -bd daemon, and test $caller_uid.
Another possibility is to use -oMr to set $received_protocol. This of
course is not relevant for daemons, but there's nothing to stop you
setting it.
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Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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