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| author | Tony Finch <dot@dot.at> | 2006-05-22 17:43:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Tony Finch <dot@dot.at> | 2006-05-22 17:43:09 +0000 |
| commit | 2b965a652edced91a1af8bb36a33d493f721db7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8937852d924bfaee5327f6f6e615ab048cd3323f | |
| parent | 5263311db23897d50e9e8c4e370b2cbb530e7e36 (diff) | |
Exim does (usually) call initgroups() when daemonizing.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 4 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 3283d500d..6bf8bc75c 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.3 2006/04/27 15:19:27 ph10 Exp $ +. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.4 2006/05/22 17:43:09 fanf2 Exp $ . . ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// . This is the primary source of the Exim Manual. It is an xfpt document that is @@ -16787,8 +16787,6 @@ It is usual to set &%no_verify%& on &(redirect)& routers which handle users' .ilist When Exim is receiving an incoming SMTP message from a remote host, it is running under the Exim uid, not as root. -No additional groups are set up, even if the Exim uid is a member of other -groups (that is, the &[initgroups()]& function is not run). Exim is unable to change uid to read the file as the user, and it may not be able to read it as the Exim user. So in practice the router may not be able to operate. diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index ded0eac7b..0a8f13749 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.351 2006/05/08 12:45:05 steve Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.352 2006/05/22 17:43:10 fanf2 Exp $ Change log file for Exim from version 4.21 ------------------------------------------- @@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ SC/02 Collect SpamAssassin and rejection statistics in eximstats. SC/03 Collect data on the number of addresses (recipients) as well as the number of messages in eximstats. +TF/01 Correct an error in the documentation for the redirect router. Exim + does (usually) call initgroups() when daemonizing. Exim version 4.62 |