Re: [exim-dev] [Bug 1811] exim -bt vs exim -bv uses differen…

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Author: Andrew C Aitchison
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Subject: Re: [exim-dev] [Bug 1811] exim -bt vs exim -bv uses different uid/gid

I am a lurker on the exim-dev list
and don't have access to update the ticket.

On Thu, 31 Mar 2016, admin@??? wrote:

> https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1811


> Thus, exim.c around line 4300 is right when not dropping the privs for
> address testing mode, but in verification mode. As this is equivalent to
> the normal operation. So my statement from above is wrong.
>
> But this arises the question, why we need root privs for routing.


To read .forward files ?

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Andrew C. Aitchison                                     Cambridge