check the configure file in /usr/exim.
MAke sure the exim user is not root.
As you will see later in the config file, the never_user is root.
Therefore create an account called exim or mxadmin and set the configure
file to use it.
Remember to kill -HUP the exim PID after the change is made.
Regards,
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: cyakpovi [
mailto:cyakpovi@fr.colt.net]
Sent: 06 December 2002 10:21
To: 'Oliver Egginger'
Cc: exim-users@???
Subject: RE : [Exim] Help me urgent help
Non,
But here is what I did
[root@liberty exim]# ls -al
total 36
drwxr-xr-x 3 exim exim 4096 déc 5 16:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 déc 5 12:45 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 exim exim 4096 déc 5 16:31 bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 exim exim 21724 déc 5 15:56 configure
[root@liberty exim]#
-----Message d'origine-----
De : Oliver Egginger [
mailto:Oliver.Egginger@dvz.fh-giessen.de]
Envoyé : vendredi 6 décembre 2002 08:58
À : cyakpovi
Cc : exim-users@???
Objet : Re: [Exim] Help me urgent help
Did you make Exim setuid root?
- oliver
Am Don, 2002-12-05 um 22.35 schrieb cyakpovi:
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> Hi,
>
> Please help me I'm a new to exim after the install here is result of
> the test Please help.
>
> thanks, ;)
>
> ######################################################################
> ##
> ####
> [root@liberty exim]# ./bin/exim -v postmaster@???
> From: carrel@???
> To: postmaster@???
> Subject: Test
> This is a test
> .
> LOG: MAIN
> <= root@??? U=root P=local S=320
> [root@liberty exim]# LOG: MAIN PANIC DIE
> unable to set gid=500 or uid=500 (euid=501): local delivery to
carrel
> <carrel@???> transport=local_delivery
> LOG: MAIN PANIC
> failed to read delivery status for carrel@??? from
delivery
> subprocess
> LOG: MAIN PANIC
> appendfile transport process returned non-zero status 0x0100: exit
> code 1
> LOG: MAIN
> == carrel@??? <postmaster@???> R=localuser
> T=local_delivery defer (-1)
> LOG: MAIN
> Frozen
>
> [root@liberty exim]#
>
> ######################################################################
> ##
> ####################
>
> Carrel
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