Author: Piotr Sobolewski Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] "appendfile" transport run with wrong uid
Ted Cooper wrote:
> > As I understand, you say that I should rather understand these sentences
> > like "the behaviour of appendfile transport with options from default
> > config file is that it will be run under the uid and gid of the local
> > user". Is it like that?
>
> "check_local_user" is needed in the router for the uid & gid to be
> auto-magically set in the transport. Without it, exim has absolutely no
> idea that the file mentioned has anything to do with a local user
> account. Otherwise it needs the user & group options, or it is delivered
> as the exim.eximgroup.
