Peter Bowyer wrote: > 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. > Thanks, that works a treat. In fact it's perfect for a "make check" type target, where I can specify -DEXIM_USER=`id -u`.
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