Re: [Exim] exim 4.14 build PAM problems (fails for shadow passwd)

Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users@exim.org
Subject: Re: [Exim] exim 4.14 build PAM problems (fails for shadow passwd)

On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 02:12:19PM +0200, Nico Erfurth wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Andreas Metzler wrote:
>> With pam_unix only root can check passwords of other users. You could
>> run exim as root (exim_user = root) but I wouldn't recommend it
>> because of the security implications.

> Or install pam_exim (search google for the link).

Correct. That's why I mentioned it in my article (in the part you
snipped.) :-)
             cu andreas

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