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@@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met:
Defaults:exim-build timestamp_timeout=480,!tty_tickets
-(3) The login under which you run the tests must be in the exim group so that
- it has access to logs, spool files, etc. The login should not be one of the
- names "userx", "usery", "userz", or a few other simple ones such as "abcd"
- and "xyz" and single letters that are used in the tests. The test suite
- expects the login to have a gecos name; I think it will now run if the
- gecos field is empty but there may be anomalies.
+(3) The login under which you run the tests must have the exim group as a
+ secondary so that it has access to logs, spool files, etc. However, it
+ should have a different primary group (eg. "users" vs. "eximgroup"). The
+ login should not be one of the names "userx", "usery", "userz", or a few
+ other simple ones such as "abcd" and "xyz" and single letters that are used
+ in the tests. The test suite expects the login to have a gecos name; I think
+ it will now run if the gecos field is empty but there may be anomalies.
The login must not contain a dash or an equal sign. (Otherwise some tests
about local_from_{suffix,prefix} will fail.)