Re: [exim] authenticated_id in 4.63 for trusted users

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Auteur: Tony Finch
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Onderwerp: Re: [exim] authenticated_id in 4.63 for trusted users
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Dean Brooks wrote:
>
>    TF/03 Note in the spec that $authenticated_id is not set for local
>          submissions from trusted users.

>
> Thing is, it doesn't appear to function as described above, and
> instead functions as the updated spec describes. That is, it seems to
> set authenticated_id even for trusted users (properly IMO) unless it
> is overridden using -oMai.


The change in the spec is consistent with the change log. I believe it is
correct. Which bit of the spec are you looking at, and what makes you
think Exim is setting $authenticated_id for trusted users?

--- doc-docbook/spec.xfpt       22 May 2006 17:43:09 -0000      1.4
+++ doc-docbook/spec.xfpt       31 May 2006 19:34:57 -0000      1.5
@@ -9901,8 +9901,8 @@
 user/password authenticator configuration might preserve the user name for use
 in the routers. Note that this is not the same information that is saved in
 &$sender_host_authenticated$&. When a message is submitted locally (that is,
-not over a TCP connection), the value of &$authenticated_id$& is the login name
-of the calling process.
+not over a TCP connection) and if the submitter is not a trusted user,
+the value of &$authenticated_id$& is the login name of the calling process.


.vitem &$authenticated_sender$&
.cindex "sender" "authenticated"

Tony.
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