Re: [Exim] never_users=root

Hi Konrad,

Thanks for your help. I tried that before but forgot to reset the file
ownerships/groups for all the mail and log files.

Michael.

Konrad Michels wrote:

>I may be mistaken, but I'm sure you're supposed to set the compile-time
>option of EXIM_USER= to something OTHER than root. At least this is the
>way I've always compiled exim! Assuming you have a user "exim" on your
>system, set the EXIM_USER= to "exim", recompile and you should be able
>to uncomment "never_user" so that it works properly.
>
>Later
>Konrad
>
>
>On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 13:23, Michael Daly wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am using exim 4.12 on suse linux 8.0 and can not get it working with
>>never_users=root defined (this worked for me with exim3.xx). The spool
>>and log files all have set to user root and group root. I compiled the
>>source code with EXIM_USER=root. With never_users commented out exim
>>works fine but I get the impression it should be included.
>>
>>Michael.
>>
>>######################################################################
>>2003-02-21 09:25:29 18m9QZ-0002OA-00 <= root@??? U=root
>>P=local S=311
>>2003-02-21 09:25:29 18m9QZ-0002OA-00 User 0 set for remote_smtp
>>transport is on the never_users list
>>2003-02-21 09:25:29 18m9QZ-0002OA-00 == yorksmdaly@??? R=dnslookup
>>T=remote_smtp defer (-29): User 0 set for remote_smtp transport is on
>>the never_users list
>>######################################################################
>>
>>
>>
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