On Tuesday 25 July 2006 05:09, Brian took the opportunity to write: > I found this in the archives.. and it seems to work for what I'm looking > for atm.. > > http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20011105/031982.html > > Yet when I try and use swaks to test.. I get this in the logs.. > > 2006-07-24 22:50:49 plain authenticator failed for > cpe-124-161-112-193.nyc.res.rr.com (milenko.at.home) [124.161.112.193]: > 435 Unable to authenticate at present (set_id=bcook): failed to open > /etc/master.passwd for linear search: Permission denied (euid=26 egid=6) > inside "and{...}" condition > > I could use a file for auth.. but is this still possible? > > Using the stock configure.. I am not sure this can be overcome.. as > no_deliver_drop_privilege is already (default)
Exim always runs as the user and group that exim_user and exim_group are set
to (defaults decided at compile time) at this point
(no_deliver_drop_privilege has nothing to do with this, only with
deliveries). You need to give that user and/or group read permission to the
file.
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