All -
As in so many cases, writing down the problem systematically made the
solution evident (i.e., remove the user and group options from the
director, which were there for long-standing but now irrelevent
historical reasons). Too bad I had to send the message first.
Many apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Sheepishly yours.
randy
Randy Banks wrote:
> Dear all -
>
> Sorry to trouble you, but the problem's a bit urgent and I'd be grateful
> for any quick fixes that you can supply.
>
> We've just upgraded from 3.33 to 4.22 (yes, I know what you're thinking)
> and all has gone not too badly.
>
> We used the conversion script to upgrade our configure file and have
> made some alterations to the latter to take advantage of the new
> features. However, we haven't touched any of our directors/routers, and
> exim is now throwing a wobbly when it comes to expanding an alias which
> expands to a list of addresses included in an external file.
>
> The router in question is:
>
> system_aliases:
> driver = redirect
> allow_defer
> allow_fail
> data = ${lookup{$local_part}lsearch{/etc/aliases}}
> file_transport = address_file
> group = other
> pipe_transport = address_pipe
> retry_use_local_part
> user = daemon
>
> Debugging an attempt to deliver to one of the list aliases defined
> therein (sug.comm) produces:
>
> [snipped]
>
> internal_search_find: file="/etc/aliases"
> type=lsearch key="sug.comm"
> file lookup required for sug.comm
> in /etc/aliases
> lookup yielded: :include:/lists/sug.comm.lis
> expanded: :include:/lists/sug.comm.lis
> LOG: MAIN PANIC DIE
> unable to set gid=1 or uid=1 (euid=20467): system_aliases router
> (recipient is sug.comm@???)
> search_tidyup called
>
> [snipped]
>
> ... which it never did before.
>
> I note from the documentation that exim now handles it's abdication of
> root priviledges differently, but I'm not sure what, if anything, this
> has to do with the above.
>
> Any assistance given will be gratefully received.
>
> Many TIA.
>
> randy
>
>
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