On 12/02/2008, Bernd Jendrissek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Fine, I could use exim_user = bernd, but then my colleague
> charles needs his own copy of this config file.  I thought I could use
> exim_user = $caller_uid, but exim complains:
>   seeking password data for user "$caller_uid": cache not available
>   getpwnam() returned NULL (user not found)
> What to do?

exim_user is not expanded. But you could perhaps use a macro which you
define on the command line with

exim -DEXIM_USER=bernd -bd ...

and

exim_user = EXIM_USER

in the config file. Untested, this may have side-effects, buyer beware.

Peter


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