On Tuesday 25 July 2006 05:09, Brian took the opportunity to write:
> I found this in the archives.. and it seems to work for what I'm looking
> for atm..
>
> http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20011105/031982.html
>
> Yet when I try and use swaks to test.. I get this in the logs..
>
> 2006-07-24 22:50:49 plain authenticator failed for
> cpe-124-161-112-193.nyc.res.rr.com (milenko.at.home) [124.161.112.193]:
> 435 Unable to authenticate at present (set_id=bcook): failed to open
> /etc/master.passwd for linear search: Permission denied (euid=26 egid=6)
> inside "and{...}" condition
>
> I could use a file for auth.. but is this still possible?
>
> Using the stock configure.. I am not sure this can be overcome.. as
> no_deliver_drop_privilege is already (default)
Exim always runs as the user and group that exim_user and exim_group are set
to (defaults decided at compile time) at this point
(no_deliver_drop_privilege has nothing to do with this, only with
deliveries). You need to give that user and/or group read permission to the
file.
--
Magnus Holmgren holmgren@???
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