On 31 Jan 2011, at 16:56, Marc Perkel wrote:
>
>
> On 1/31/2011 8:23 AM, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
>> On 31 Jan 2011, at 16:13, Warren Baker wrote:
>>
>> What do you think? Really?
>>
>>
>
> I assume you are referring to this?
>
> * Exim will no longer accept a configuration file owned by the Exim
> run-time user, unless that account is explicitly the value in
> CONFIGURE_OWNER, which we discourage. Exim now checks to ensure that
> files are not writable by other accounts.
>
> You're trying to force feature that not everyone wants. I think it's a bad
> idea. You can't assume that everyone is running in an environment like what
> you imagine. It just becomes a pain in the ass for those who don't want your
> artificial restrictions.
So you insist on having config files that can be modified by the
user your mail system runs as.
Some people might say you are courageous.
I think you are an idiot.
Geniuses, you just can't teach em.
Nigel.
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