X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/261dc43e32f6039781ca92535e56f5caaa68b809..317e40ac8b1b816f4a22620a5647c6258de61598:/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src diff --git a/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src b/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src index 461b1a608..9280e0314 100644 --- a/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src +++ b/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -## $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-src/FAQ.src,v 1.8 2009/11/05 19:37:00 nm4 Exp $ ## ## This file is processed by Perl scripts to produce an ASCII and an HTML ## version. Lines starting with ## are omitted. The markup used with paragraphs @@ -851,7 +850,7 @@ A0044: Exim has been unable to create a file in its spool area in which to If you are running Exim with an alternate configuration file using a command such as \"exim -C altconfig..."\, remember that the use of -C - takes away Exim's root privilege, unless \\TRUSTED_CONFIG_PREFIX_FILE\\ + takes away Exim's root privilege, unless \\TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST\\ is set in \(Local/Makefile)\ and the corresponding file contains a prefix which matches the alternative configuration file being used. @@ -1155,7 +1154,7 @@ A0065: When Exim is called with -C, it passes on -C to any instances of itself includes the case where Exim re-execs itself to regain root privilege. Thus it can't write to the spool. - The fix for this is to use the \\TRUSTED_CONFIG_PREFIX_LIST\\ build-time + The fix for this is to use the \\TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST\\ build-time option. This defines a file containing a list of 'trusted' prefixes for configuration files. Any configuration file specified with -C, if it matches a prefix listed in that file, will be used without dropping root @@ -2317,7 +2316,7 @@ A0310: If a DNS lookup returns no MXs, Exim looks for an address record, in Q0311: When a DNS lookup for MX records fails to complete, why doesn't Exim - send the messsage to the host defined by the A record? + send the message to the host defined by the A record? A0311: The RFCs are quite clear on this. Only if it is known that there are no MX records is an MTA allowed to make use of the A record. When an MX