Re: [Exim] net-lsearch not available in expansion lookups?

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Συντάκτης: Andreas Metzler
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Προς: exim-users
Αντικείμενο: Re: [Exim] net-lsearch not available in expansion lookups?
On 2004-04-17 Tore Anderson <tore@???> wrote:
> I need to do something like this in an authenticator:


>   condition = ${if or { {eq{${lookup {$sender_host_address} net-lsearch \
>                               {/relayhosts} {allowed}{denied}}}{allowed}} \
>                         {ldapauth [...]} \
>                       }  {yes}{no}}


> The problem that needs to be solved is that some clients who connect
> from the networks with relay permission insist on authenticating. I
> must let them use arbitrary usernames and passwords, while on the other
> hand actually authenticate clients against the LDAP server if they're
> connecting from a foreign network.


> I was mightily surprised to see Exim tell me «unknown lookup type
> "net-lsearch"» when I tried to do some expansion testing of the above.
> I tried to specify "net-lsearch;/relayhosts" and also substituting
> the file name with a host list, but no go. What's wrong - isn't
> net-lsearch supposed to available as a expansion lookup at all?

[...]

Afaict net-foo is no generic lookup type but only allowed as item in
host lists.

> If not, is there some other way to solve my problem short of making
> the relayhosts file an atrociously long list of all the individual
> addresses?


If the clients are not completely broken (that is always a popular
option, though ;-) not advertising AUTH to these machines might work.
auth_advertise_hosts = !net-lsearch;/relayhosts
               cu andreas
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