[exim] Re: How to test my userforward ie. forward?

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Author: Ian Z via Exim-users
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Subject: [exim] Re: How to test my userforward ie. forward?
On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 07:46:54AM -0500, Robert Nicholson via Exim-users wrote:
> How can I test my userforward .forward script with exim?
>
> I’m not the administrator.
>
> Where 1.txt has the contents of the email.
>
> /usr/sbin/exim -bf $HOME/.forward < /tmp/1.txt
> 2023-05-12 05:43:38 failed to open configuration file /etc/exim.conf:
> Permission denied (euid=1043 egid=1045)


If exim.conf is not readable by normal users, I'd consider it a
serious misconfiguration. Talk to the admin about that.

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Ian

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