Author: Jeremy Harris
Date:
To: exim-users @ exim. org
Subject: Re: [exim] File Access Error - Stumped
Marc Perkel wrote:
> Trying to figure out what's causung this error:
>
> 2006-04-02 19:16:14 1FQEc2-0008MU-AJ == marc@???
> R=virtual_userforward defer (-1): bad mode (0100777) for
> /etc/exim/control/domains/perkel.com/users/marc/filter.txt: 022 bit(s)
> unexpected
Having your filter file be world-writable means that someone
else could modify it. Exim is, reasonably sensibly, objecting
to the security hole.
- Jeremy