Re: [exim] exim4 needs CAP_SYS_RESOURCE?

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Author: Marc Schiffbauer
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] exim4 needs CAP_SYS_RESOURCE?
* Philip Hazel schrieb am 16.09.04 um 10:27 Uhr:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, Marc Schiffbauer wrote:
>
> > But why does this only happen if apache (www-data) calls the binary?
> >
> > It does not happen at exim4 startuo for example (user mail)
>
> I presume you mean the Exim daemon startup. My *guess*, and this is
> strictly a guess, is that there is a difference because the daemon
> startup is initiated by a root process. This hypothesis could be tested
> by calling the binary from (a) a root process and (b) an ordinary user
> process that is not www-data.


You are right. Stupid me .. ;)

-Marc

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