Re: [exim] Future architectures

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Autor: Edgar Lovecraft
Datum:  
To: exim-users
Betreff: Re: [exim] Future architectures
wrote Nigel Metheringham ... in response to others ;)
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> A possible alternative would be to have exim processes always started by
> forking from the privileged dispatcher daemon (the forked children would
> normally immediately be down-prived).  We would then need a means to
> regain privilege for:-
>       * Initial mail injection
>       * Delivery setup


Yuck,

> And we have the big fat central management daemon like people have been
> pining for all these years...


and yuck again.

(Granted I do run in an environment were I do not need to worry about
all of this 'privilege' and can run completely as a 'non-root' user)

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