Re: [Exim] compiling exim if user exim not exists

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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To: vic ismakaev
CC: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [Exim] compiling exim if user exim not exists
On Fri, 16 May 2003, vic ismakaev wrote:

> When we are setting exim_user and exim_group in Local/Makefile , make checks
> if exim_user and exim_group exist in system on compilation stage(see
> src/buildconfig.c).


That is because it converts the names into numbers. If you know the uid
and gid numbers, you can specify them instead. For example

EXIM_USER=1234
EXIM_GROUP=5678

Of course, you have to know that those are the correct numbers to use on
the host you are shipping to...

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