--On 1 February 2011 15:55:05 +0530 S Pratap Singh <[email protected]> 
wrote:

>
> I have as below
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root mail 36961 Feb  1 02:46 /etc/exim/exim.conf

The exim config file should not be world readable. If it doesn't contain, 
say, passwords for SQL servers, then it may do one day.

It clearly needs to be readable by the exim user. And, perhaps, by a group. 
It should not need to be writable, except at moments that you're updating 
it.

-- 
Ian Eiloart
IT Services, University of Sussex
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