On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 04:14:03PM +0100, MaX wrote:
[...]
> i have this problem:
> i need to enable the smtp auth with PAM usig the shadow passwd of the
> system (Debian/woody PPC)
> Resuming:
> i know that exim most run as root, so at the moment
> (in a testing server) i have put in /etc/inet.conf:
> server1:/etc# cat /etc/inetd.conf | grep exim
> smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs
[...]
IIRC this is a fatal error, it'll make your exim an open relay because
the Debian package was compiled with EXIM_UID=8 and EXIM_GID=8.
Sorry I cannot give you a reference for my IIRC.
cu andreas
