>John W. Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Monday, August 14, 2006: > >>On 8/14/06 1:52 PM, "Tony Finch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Restore the setuid bit on Exim. >> >>(As a fix for Exim on Mac OS X server not delivering mail without being >>prodded.) >> > >And, possibly, avoid running the Repair Permissions feature in Disk Utility >>on that server in the future. (You could try Verify Permissions after >>setting the setuid bit, checking for the Exim binary's presence in the list >>of "errors" that need correcting.) >> >>Note: I've never touched an instance of Mac OS X server, which tells you >>how much that advice is likely to be worth. >> >> --John > > >How do I setuid bit on Exim? I have searched the archives and can't >seem to find how to do this. > >I will no longer be performing Repair Permissions on the server. As >soon as I clicked it, I thought, "Maybe I shouldn't have done that!"
You see, Apple's Repair Permissions feature in Disk Utility supposed to READ the "Receipts" packages for permissions or avoid massing with /usr/local folder... chmod u+s /usr/local/exim/bin/exim-4.63-1 -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
