On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Wayne Pascoe wrote:
> On 10 Jul 2006, at 11:40, Tony Finch wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Wayne Pascoe wrote:
> >
> > > server_condition = "${if pam{$2:$3}{1}{0}}"
> >
> > Does exim have read access to /etc/shadow?
>
> No, it didn't. Doh!
Hang on - it's not supposed to, is it? The whole point of /etc/shadow
is to hide the crypted tokens away. Then a mechanism is provided
(PAM) for checking passwords without having to expose the shadow file.
A quick google suggests
http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20011105/031830.html
hope that's right, anyway.