Re: [Exim] Pipes in alias lists

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Author: Nico Erfurth
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To: moseley
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Pipes in alias lists
moseley@??? wrote:
> I'm trying this question again -- perhaps my original question was too
> verbose or too simple or too RTFM?
>
> I have per-domain alias lists, and I'd like to have pipe commands
> run the command as a specific user based on the domain name.
>
> The current need for this is so an alias list can contain an address that
> runs a command to update the domain's alias file.
>
> I tried adding a "user" setting to the virtual_aliases director but received
>
> D=virtual_aliases T=address_pipe: Child process of address_pipe transport
> returned 69 (could mean service or program unavailable) from command:
> /etc/exim/update_foo_aliases.pl


Does the user has the permission to enter this directory and run this
command? How about running exim with debugging turned on?

Nico