On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 08:04:22AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:55:55AM -0700, Steve C. Lamb wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:21:58AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > > Does sa-exim suid to the user recieving the mail when it runs?
> > AFAIK, no.
> Hmm...you'd think this would be obvious to impliment...I wonder how to
> make it do so...
Well, if my basic understanding of Exim is correct Exim drops root
privledges when it isn't needed. Without root priveledges sa-exim would be
starting from mail. As such wouldn't it be kinda hard to get from mail to any
user account since, AFAIK, only root can do that?
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