X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/32b8ce41b3fe2ea10f3343a6c9e0acfccea40dd6..a5ffa9b475a426bc73366db01f7cc92a3811bc3a:/src/src/exim.c

diff --git a/src/src/exim.c b/src/src/exim.c
index dcc84e3d5..67583e584 100644
--- a/src/src/exim.c
+++ b/src/src/exim.c
@@ -3868,6 +3868,14 @@ else
           trusted_caller = TRUE;
   }
 
+/* At this point, we know if the user is privileged and some command-line
+options become possibly imperssible, depending upon the configuration file. */
+
+if (checking && commandline_checks_require_admin && !admin_user) {
+  fprintf(stderr, "exim: those command-line flags are set to require admin\n");
+  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
 /* Handle the decoding of logging options. */
 
 decode_bits(log_selector, log_selector_size, log_notall,