Re: [exim] 4.95 failed to stat log directory /var/spool/exim…

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Author: Bill Cole
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To: Jeremy Harris via Exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] 4.95 failed to stat log directory /var/spool/exim/log:
On 2022-05-22 at 05:47:12 UTC-0400 (Sun, 22 May 2022 10:47:12 +0100)
Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <jgh@???>
is rumored to have said:

> On 22/05/2022 10:30, Axel Rau via Exim-users wrote:
>> So it is a standard FreeBSD ports installation and therefor not setuid root.
>
> If that is standard for FreeBSD


It is not. From a FreeBSD machine without Exim ever installed, here's the default if locally built from the ports tree:

   [/usr/ports/mail/exim]$ make showconfig |grep SUID
     SUID=on: Install the exim binary suid root


And the option used for the prebuilt package is the default:

[~]$ pkg rquery "%Ok %Ov %Od" exim|grep SUID
SUID on on

I'm unclear on why the option even exists. It seems crippling.



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