that is a pretty good idea actually
the file is readable for exim anyway but the router wants to be run with
user priviliges as it is used for delivery to
so if i have a router that only verifys and one that only delivers that
should work
i ll give it a try
thank s for the advice!! :)
Philip Hazel wrote:
>On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Simon Friedberger wrote:
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>>well of course that solves the issue but then all mails with pre- or suffixes
>>get bounced because the router cannot verify them anymore
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>In that case, you have to find a way of verifying them that will work
>when the code is running as exim, because that's the case when messages
>are being received. In other words, you can't run the user's filter as
>that user like you can when delivering.
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>This is a fundamental restriction in the Exim design, I'm afraid. While
>it is communicating with an external host, it is running as exim, and
>cannot use root privilege.
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>It is permitted to have routers that can be used *only* for verifying
>(verify_only). Maybe that can help? You could create a file with a list
>of permitted pre/suffixes that the user exim can read, and use a
>verify_only router to check it, for instance.
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