Re: [Exim] Exim 4 with no home dir?

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Author: Sheldon Hearn
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To: Jay Klesitz
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim 4 with no home dir?
On (2002/10/15 18:53), Jay Klesitz wrote:

> I checked the FAQ,
> A0423: With the default configuration, you are asking Exim to check for a
> forward file in the user's home directory. If no file is found, Exim tries
> to stat() the home directory. This is so that it will notice a missing NFS
> home directory, and not treat it as if the .forward file did not exist. This
> stat() is failing when the home directory really doesn't exist. You should
> arrange for the redirect router not to run for these special users, by
> adding the line
>
> Is this all I need?
> > condition = ${if eq {$home}{/bin/false}{yes}


Something like that, depending on site policy for defining users without
home directories.

The FreeBSD port for Exim4 adds this condition:

    condition = ${if exists{$home/.forward} {yes} {no} }


I believe that this is likely to port well.

Ciao,
Sheldon.