Re: [exim] unable to set gid=518 or uid=518 (euid=8)...

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Aihe: Re: [exim] unable to set gid=518 or uid=518 (euid=8)...
Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Ian FREISLICH wrote:
>
> > Is this not a documentation bug then? According to the docs for
> > '-C': "a caller other than root or the Exim user, and the list is
> > different ... gives up its root privilege immediately". What you
> > describe is just "a caller other than root...".
>
> Depends on how your Exim is compiled. The full paragraph in the spec
> reads thus:
>
>        When this option is used by a caller other than root or the
>        Exim user, and the list is different from the compiled-in
>        list, Exim gives up its root privilege immediately, and runs
>        with the real and effective uid and gid set to those of
>        the caller. However, if ALT_CONFIG_ROOT_ONLY is defined in
>        Local/Makefile, root privilege is retained for -C only if the
>        caller of Exim is root. This option is not set by default.

>
> How was your Exim compiled?


Ah, that would be it then wouldn't it. It was compiled with
ALT_CONFIG_ROOT_ONLY=yes, I can't for the life of me think why I
changed this from the default.

Sorry about the herring.

Consolation: I'm replacing several hundred qmail installations with
something involving far less bublegum and duct tape (and zealots) :)

Ian


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