# privileges for local message delivery), this will normally cause Exim to
# drop root privileges. The TRUSTED_CONFIG_PREFIX_LIST option, specifies
# a file which contains a list of trusted configuration prefixes (like the
-# ALT_CONFIG_PREFIX above), one per line. If the -C option is used to specify
-# a configuration file which matches a trusted prefix, root privileges are not
+# ALT_CONFIG_PREFIX above), one per line. If the -C option is used by the Exim
+# user or by the user specified in the CONFIGURE_OWNER setting, to specify a
+# configuration file which matches a trusted prefix, root privileges are not
# dropped by Exim.
# TRUSTED_CONFIG_PREFIX_LIST=/usr/exim/trusted_configs