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Author: Charles Dalsass
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To: Nigel Metheringham
CC: exim-dev@exim.org
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] exim-4.72-2 segfaults on redhat enterprise linux 7.2 with custom configuration -C
Thanks for your response. Corrected RHEL version #.

$ more /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)

SELinux has always been disabled on this machine.

It looks like we have a Fedora package installed. Here it is.

$ repoquery -i exim

Name        : exim
Version     : 4.72
Release     : 4.el6
Architecture: x86_64
Size        : 3948528
Packager    : Fedora Project
Group       : System Environment/Daemons
URL         : http://www.exim.org/
Repository  : epel
Summary     : The exim mail transfer agent
Source      : exim-4.72-4.el6.src.rpm
Description :
Exim is a message transfer agent (MTA) developed at the University of...


I did a compilation on my own (using out-of-the-box makefile settings) and the problem no longer occurs.

At this point, I have a work-around, and the criteria is narrower than I originally thought. It may not be worth resolving, unless you think it's a security problem. Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

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Charlie M. Dalsass

-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Metheringham [mailto:nigel@dotdot.it]
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 4:14 AM
To: Charles Dalsass
Cc: exim-dev@???
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] exim-4.72-2 segfaults on redhat enterprise linux 7.2 with custom configuration -C

Please could you clarify a few things:-
   - What OS are you running on - I am not aware of RHEL 7.x being
     available as yet, so 7.2 seems unlikely
   - Where was the rpm from?  Exim is not part of RHEL6.  EPEL has a
     higher version number than you are stating.
   - Is selinux enabled?  If so what happens if you disable it[*]?



    Nigel.


* NB I consider selinux to be a good thing, but it is sometimes prone
to provoking unexpected (at first glance) behaviour, so with
something like this, just checking its not a selinux policy side
effect is worth doing. Disabling selinux on a production server
just because you cannot be bothered to get the policy right is a
bit silly.

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