Re: [exim-dev] user file write permissions

On Mon, 24 Apr 2023, exim--- via Exim-dev wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am curious as to how exim writes to a users home directory. I have done a
> lot of searching and could not find anything specific.
>
> as exim runs as an unprivileged user as far as I can tell it has no rights to
> modify a users home folder, yet it does.
>
> What part of the puzzle am I missing?

When exim writes to a user's home directory
it first re-exec's itself to regain root privilege.

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Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
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