Re: [exim] different user than EXIM_USER for authenticator?

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Author: Jakob Hirsch
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To: 'Exim-users'
Subject: Re: [exim] different user than EXIM_USER for authenticator?
OpenMacNews wrote:

> leads me to suspect that authenticators CANNOT be config'd to use a
> *different* user.

No. Unlike dovecot, exim does not have separate processes for
authentication.
I have dovecot's passwd file readable by the exim group. That's probably
not super secure, but it works. Better than running dovecot-auth as
exim, in any case.



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