Author: George Date: To: Jess Mooers CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Mail Queue after Upgrade
>John W. Baxter <jwblist3@???> wrote on Monday, August 14, 2006: >
>>On 8/14/06 1:52 PM, "Tony Finch" <dot@???> wrote:
>>
>>> Restore the setuid bit on Exim.
>>
>>(As a fix for Exim on Mac OS X server not delivering mail without being
>>prodded.)
>>
> >And, possibly, avoid running the Repair Permissions feature in Disk Utility
>>on that server in the future. (You could try Verify Permissions after
>>setting the setuid bit, checking for the Exim binary's presence in the list
>>of "errors" that need correcting.)
>>
>>Note: I've never touched an instance of Mac OS X server, which tells you
>>how much that advice is likely to be worth.
>>
>> --John
>
>
>How do I setuid bit on Exim? I have searched the archives and can't
>seem to find how to do this.
>
>I will no longer be performing Repair Permissions on the server. As
>soon as I clicked it, I thought, "Maybe I shouldn't have done that!"
You see, Apple's Repair Permissions feature in Disk Utility supposed
to READ the "Receipts" packages for permissions or avoid massing with
/usr/local folder...
