On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Wayne Pascoe wrote:

> On 10 Jul 2006, at 11:40, Tony Finch wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Wayne Pascoe wrote:
> > 
> > >  server_condition = "${if pam{$2:$3}{1}{0}}"
> > 
> > Does exim have read access to /etc/shadow?
> 
> No, it didn't. Doh!

Hang on - it's not supposed to, is it?  The whole point of /etc/shadow
is to hide the crypted tokens away.  Then a mechanism is provided 
(PAM) for checking passwords without having to expose the shadow file.

A quick google suggests 
http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20011105/031830.html

hope that's right, anyway.

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