Author: Sheldon Hearn Date: To: Exim List Subject: Re: [Exim] Encoding the name of EXIM_USER instead of its user-id in the exim-binary.
> > > I am going to think about trying get a hardcoded uid for exim:exim > > > reserved on Debian.
> > no... No... NOOOOO...
>
> > If you do that Andreas, it'll break the transparency of MTA changeout in
> > Debian... I make systems for other people with Debian's set
> > guidelines... if they want exim/sendmail/qmail/smail/courier/etc... They
> > all use the same uid:gid...
The FreeBSD port for Exim gets around this by using mailnull:mail. The
mail group has existed in FreeBSD forever, and it was easy to campaign
for the inclusion of the mailnull user, because sendmail has used it (if
it exists) for ages.
The trick is to campaign for "any mail-centric" user to be included in
the OS's default user list. Asking for a mailer-specific name like
"exim" is likely to get the idea shot down very quickly.
