On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Cronfy wrote:
> # /usr/local/exim/sbin/exim -C /usr/local/etc/exim/configure-mail-new -bP exim_user
> exim_user = mailnull
Looks OK. (Assuming, of course, that mailnull doesn't have uid = 0.)
> # ps -axwwo user,rgroup,pid,command | grep new
> mailnull mail 3251 /usr/local/exim/sbin/exim -bd -C /usr/local/etc/exim/configure-mail-new -oP /var/run/exim-new.pid (exim-4.66-0)
Presumably you were running as root when you started that command.
Running Exim using -C has a number of complications. Do you get the same
problem if you run Exim without using -C?
I've just been looking at the code - there does seem to be an oddity.
Try starting the daemon, then sending it a HUP signal, *then* sending
the message.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service
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