On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 04:27:40PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 06:37:53AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 11:26:34AM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 03:39:18PM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: > > > > > > > > Where can I set the uid used by exim4, I can't seem to find the a > > > > location to do this. > > > > > > The UID is set by the install script when it makes the exim4 username. > > > > > > Before you start chaning the UID (which would mean that you'd have to > > > search the entire Filesystem for files with the old UID and chown to the > > > new UID (since the filesystem is set up by numeric UID and not > > > username): > > > > > > Why are you trying to change the UID? > > for some reason when i do a ps -ef | grep exim I always get back that > > exim is running as uid = 102, not a name but a numerical. Whilst trying > > to investigate this I noticed there was no location to set the uid. I > > just thought that this was rather strange. > > > > most of the googleing I did implied that the daemon started as root and > > changed uid > > Look in /etc/passwd. That maps user names and UIDs. See if exim4 is > uid 102. yes it is id Debian-exim uid=102(Debian-exim) gid=102(Debian-exim) groups=102(Debian-exim) alex@hufpuf:~$ getent passwd Debian-exim Debian-exim:x:102:102::/var/spool/exim4:/bin/false but ps -ef | grep [e]xim4 102 17865 1 0 02:00 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/exim4 -bd -q30m I also have libnss-ldap in play as well. > > Doug. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards." - George W. Bush 08/30/2000 CNN online chat
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