Re: [Exim] problem changing UID

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Author: Dr Andrew C Aitchison
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To: Michael Collin Nielsen
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] problem changing UID
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Michael Collin Nielsen wrote:

> Ok, as I read what you wrote, a solution to the problem would be to
> compile a new exim program that is installed in a different location and
> that has the correct configuration compiled in.
>
> I just did that, but I get exactly the same errormessage :-(
>
> I run exim on the outgoing spooldir as:
> /pack/exim-4.05/outgoing/bin/exim -q30m
> it is installed suid root and it was started as root.
>
> Am I confused or shouldn't that have solved my problem ?


Which exim does it start when it starts a new exim ? Do the two
versions need different BIN_DIRECTORY settings in the Makefile ?

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Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison        Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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