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Author: Tony Finch
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] patch for Exim on FreeBSD - implementation of resource limits
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Philip Hazel wrote:
>
> Another problem is that the functions you have used (login_cap,
> login_getpwclass, setclassresources) all appear to be BSD-specific. They
> don't exist in Linux or Solaris. They exist in FreeBSD - I don't know if
> they exist in OpenBSD or NetBSD.


It appears to be in NetBSD and BSD/OS but not OpenBSD.

> Anybody else on this list care to comment? Is this a feature that many
> (FreeBSD) users want?


It's a pretty nice feature - safer than relying on shell rc scripts to set
things up, especially from the point of view of programs like Exim.

Tony.
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