Re: [exim] exim running user and group

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Author: Magnus Holmgren
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] exim running user and group
On Thursday 05 April 2007 18:07, J Xu wrote:
> I am wondering if exim code can be changed so that the
> running user/group will not be compiled into the
> binary, instead the running user/group can be picked
> up from a configuration file.


But you *can* do that. The user name and group name compiled in are merely
default values. You're looking for the settings exim_user and exim_group
(which can be set numerically, too). See chapter 14 of the specification.

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