On 29/12/2020 00:05, Yves Goergen via Exim-users wrote:
> I see a lot of lines like this in the mainlog:
>
>> 2020-12-27 20:04:00 login authenticator failed for (USER) [199.192.16.253]: 435 Unable to authenticate at present (set_id=scanner@???): Permission denied
>
> So it returns the temporary code 435 instead of the permanent code 535. Why's that? I'm using the suggested config from the Exim manual. Should there be a "fail" or "false" somewhere in the expansion?
Depending on your OS, you may have a permissions issue. Note the last para.
in the docs for the pam expansion condition, and also
http://wiki.wlug.org.nz/EximSmtpAuth
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Cheers,
Jeremy
