Author: Marcin Krol Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Root issues
Dave Pooser wrote: >> I have to run "mailfilter" transport as root, but this screws up delivery
>> later and I don't know how to fix this.
>>
>> 2. Should I design it for delivery of quarantined mail by my program or
>> configure Exim do it? Which is better?
>>
>
> Why not just use a sudoers entry that allows the exim user to do the
> chowning and chmoding?
>
Because sudo is a kludge meant to be used privately, not smth that
should be used in software written by one person and used by others. If
it breaks, it's hard to detect for someone who "just uses" this software
without dwelling a lot on its internals what and where went wrong.
