Re: [Exim] PLAIN authentification isn't working

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Author: Derek Simkowiak
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To: Josh Siegel
CC: Artem S. Tashkinov, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] PLAIN authentification isn't working
> exim resets its own userid which prevents PAM from working. 

    What do you mean by "exim resets its own userid"?  Are you
referring to the fact that it does a setuid() and setgid() before
accepting incoming mail?


    Does this mean that all PAM clients must be suid as root?  That
seems like a rather silly limitation.



Thanks,
Derek




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