Re: [exim] File Access Error - Stumped

--On 3 April 2006 22:56:11 +0800 W B Hacker <wbh@???> wrote:

> Marc Perkel wrote:
>
> *trimmed*
>
> > I'm using file system ACLs instead of Unix
>> primative security
>
> Good, bad, or indifferent, Unix file perms & group:user 'ownership' is
> what is expected - not just by Exim, but also any other tools, such as SA
> or ClamAV, and your POP, IMAP, and Webmail daemons.
>
> JMHO - the Unix model is generally well-suited to MTA's and similar
> centralized services, whereas ACL's have advantages particularly suited
> to end-user 'communities'.
>
<snip>

Importantly, ACL models vary between Unix flavours, whereas the basic Unix
permissions model doesn't. Supporting ACLs in Exim would be much harder
than supporting Unix permissions.


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Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex