On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Marc Schiffbauer wrote:
> I am a bit confused because my exim 4.34 wants to make use of the
> Linux SYS_RESOURCE Capability.
>
> My Question is: Does anybody know if it really needs it? And if yes,
> why?
I'm not knowledgeable in this area, but my guess is that this happens as
a result of the code that is obeyed following this comment in the Exim
source:
/* When started with root privilege, ensure that the limits on the number of
open files and the number of processes (where that is accessible) are
sufficiently large, or are unset, in case Exim has been called from an
environment where the limits are screwed down. Not all OS have the ability to
change some of these limits. */
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