-$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.171 2010/06/06 01:35:41 pdp Exp $
+$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.172 2010/06/06 02:46:13 pdp Exp $
New Features in Exim
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control = debug/opts=+expand+acl
control = debug/tag=.$message_exim_id/opts=+expand
+ 7. It has always been implicit in the design and the documentation that
+ "the Exim user" is not root. src/EDITME said that using root was
+ "very strongly discouraged". This is not enough to keep people from
+ shooting themselves in the foot in days when many don't configure Exim
+ themselves but via package build managers. The security consequences of
+ running various bits of network code are severe if there should be bugs in
+ them. As such, the Exim user may no longer be root. If configured
+ statically, Exim will refuse to build. If configured as ref:user then Exim
+ will exit shortly after start-up. If you must shoot yourself in the foot,
+ then henceforth you will have to maintain your own local patches to strip
+ the safeties off.
+
Version 4.72
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