Re: [Exim] unable to set gid/uid

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Author: Philip Hazel
Date:  
To: Colin Harford
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] unable to set gid/uid
On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Colin Harford wrote:

> Nov 15 22:42:30 tiamat exim[274]: 2002-11-15 22:42:30 18Cviw-0001V5-00
> unable to set gid=1001 or uid=1001 (euid=1000): local delivery to
> charford <charford@???> transport=local_delivery


The most common cause of this error is forgetting to make Exim setuid
root.

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