Re: [Exim] SMTP AUTH with PAM on Debian/Woody (howto?)

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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: Exim User Group
CC: Andreas Metzler
Subject: Re: [Exim] SMTP AUTH with PAM on Debian/Woody (howto?)
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