X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/users/jgh/exim.git/blobdiff_plain/c99ce5c9a3ff397497892a741079be2edf385de2..252e0c7b1235b8474023a0ab187c35a3088d3cb1:/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index f892f20ce..46a92dee9 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.88 2010/06/14 18:51:09 pdp Exp $ -. . ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// . This is the primary source of the Exim Manual. It is an xfpt document that is . converted into DocBook XML for subsequent conversion into printing and online @@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ . ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// .set previousversion "4.75" -.set version "4.76" +.set version "4.77" .set ACL "access control lists (ACLs)" .set I "    " @@ -176,8 +174,8 @@ EximMaintainers EM - 4.76 - 06 May 2011 + 4.77 + 10 Oct 2011 EM 2011University of Cambridge @@ -470,10 +468,10 @@ first to check that you are not duplicating a previous entry. The following Exim mailing lists exist: .table2 140pt +.row &'exim-announce@exim.org'& "Moderated, low volume announcements list" .row &'exim-users@exim.org'& "General discussion list" .row &'exim-dev@exim.org'& "Discussion of bugs, enhancements, etc." -.row &'exim-announce@exim.org'& "Moderated, low volume announcements list" -.row &'exim-future@exim.org'& "Discussion of long-term development" +.row &'exim-cvs@exim.org'& "Automated commit messages from the VCS" .endtable You can subscribe to these lists, change your existing subscriptions, and view @@ -2112,6 +2110,27 @@ files or libraries are required. When a lookup type is not included in the binary, attempts to configure Exim to use it cause run time configuration errors. +.new +.cindex "pkg-config" "specifying" +Many systems now use a tool called &'pkg-config'& to encapsulate information +about how to compile against a library; Exim has some initial support for +being able to use pkg-config for lookups and authenticators. For any given +makefile variable which starts &`LOOKUP_`& or &`AUTH_`&, you can add a new +variable with the &`_PC`& suffix in the name and assign as the value the +name of the package to be queried. The results of querying via the +&'pkg-config'& command will be added to the appropriate Makefile variables +with &`+=`& directives, so your version of &'make'& will need to support that +syntax. For instance: +.code +LOOKUP_SQLITE=yes +LOOKUP_SQLITE_PC=sqlite3 +AUTH_GSASL=yes +AUTH_GSASL_PC=libgsasl +AUTH_HEIMDAL_GSSAPI=yes +AUTH_HEIMDAL_GSSAPI_PC=heimdal-gssapi +.endd +.wen + .cindex "Perl" "including support for" Exim can be linked with an embedded Perl interpreter, allowing Perl subroutines to be called during string expansion. To enable this facility, @@ -7781,7 +7800,7 @@ pattern must be an appropriate query for the lookup type, as described in chapter &<>&. For example: .code hold_domains = mysql;select domain from holdlist \ - where domain = '$domain'; + where domain = '${quote_mysql:$domain}'; .endd In most cases, the data that is looked up is not used (so for an SQL query, for example, it doesn't matter what field you select). Exim is interested only in @@ -9873,7 +9892,10 @@ zero. This condition turns a string holding a true or false representation into a boolean state. It parses &"true"&, &"false"&, &"yes"& and &"no"& (case-insensitively); also positive integer numbers map to true if non-zero, -false if zero. Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored. +false if zero. +An empty string is treated as false. +Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored; +thus a string consisting only of whitespace is false. All other string values will result in expansion failure. When combined with ACL variables, this expansion condition will let you @@ -10081,6 +10103,25 @@ string is lexically greater than the second string. For &%gt%& the comparison includes the case of letters, whereas for &%gti%& the comparison is case-independent. +.new +.vitem &*inlist&~{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}*& &&& + &*inlisti&~{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}*& +.cindex "string" "comparison" +.cindex "list" "iterative conditions" +Both strings are expanded; the second string is treated as a list of simple +strings; if the first string is a member of the second, then the condition +is true. + +These are simpler to use versions of the more powerful &*forany*& condition. +Examples, and the &*forany*& equivalents: +.code +${if inlist{needle}{foo:needle:bar}} + ${if forany{foo:needle:bar}{eq{$item}{needle}}} +${if inlisti{Needle}{fOo:NeeDLE:bAr}} + ${if forany{fOo:NeeDLE:bAr}{eqi{$item}{Needle}}} +.endd +.wen + .vitem &*isip&~{*&<&'string'&>&*}*& &&& &*isip4&~{*&<&'string'&>&*}*& &&& &*isip6&~{*&<&'string'&>&*}*& @@ -10191,10 +10232,12 @@ See &*match_local_part*&. .vitem &*match_ip&~{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}*& .cindex "&%match_ip%& expansion condition" +.new This condition matches an IP address to a list of IP address patterns. It must be followed by two argument strings. The first (after expansion) must be an IP -address or an empty string. The second (after expansion) is a restricted host +address or an empty string. The second (not expanded) is a restricted host list that can match only an IP address, not a host name. For example: +.wen .code ${if match_ip{$sender_host_address}{1.2.3.4:5.6.7.8}{...}{...}} .endd @@ -10240,6 +10283,11 @@ just as easy to use the fact that a lookup is itself a condition, and write: .endd .endlist ilist +.new +Note that <&'string2'&> is not itself subject to string expansion, unless +Exim was built with the EXPAND_LISTMATCH_RHS option. +.wen + Consult section &<>& for further details of these patterns. .vitem &*match_local_part&~{*&<&'string1'&>&*}{*&<&'string2'&>&*}*& @@ -10267,6 +10315,11 @@ item can be used, as in all address lists, to cause subsequent items to have their local parts matched casefully. Domains are always matched caselessly. +.new +Note that <&'string2'&> is not itself subject to string expansion, unless +Exim was built with the EXPAND_LISTMATCH_RHS option. +.wen + &*Note*&: Host lists are &'not'& supported in this way. This is because hosts have two identities: a name and an IP address, and it is not clear how to specify cleanly how such a test would work. However, IP addresses can be @@ -10612,6 +10665,15 @@ is empty and &$authentication_failed$& is set to &"1"&). Failure includes any negative response to an AUTH command, including (for example) an attempt to use an undefined mechanism. +.new +.vitem &$av_failed$& +.cindex "content scanning" "AV scanner failure" +This variable is available when Exim is compiled with the content-scanning +extension. It is set to &"0"& by default, but will be set to &"1"& if any +problem occurs with the virus scanner (specified by &%av_scanner%&) during +the ACL malware condition. +.wen + .vitem &$body_linecount$& .cindex "message body" "line count" .cindex "body of message" "line count" @@ -10625,7 +10687,7 @@ number of lines in the message's body. See also &$message_linecount$&. .cindex "binary zero" "in message body" .vindex "&$body_zerocount$&" When a message is being received or delivered, this variable contains the -number of binary zero bytes in the message's body. +number of binary zero bytes (ASCII NULs) in the message's body. .vitem &$bounce_recipient$& .vindex "&$bounce_recipient$&" @@ -13035,7 +13097,7 @@ section &<>& for details of the caching. This option defines the &"random"& local part that can be used as part of callout verification. The default value is .code -$primary_host_name-$tod_epoch-testing +$primary_hostname-$tod_epoch-testing .endd See section &<>& for details of how this value is used. @@ -14162,6 +14224,10 @@ probably safest to just set it to a little larger than this value. Eg, with a default Exim message size of 50M and a default ClamAV StreamMaxLength of 10M, some problems may result. +A value of 0 will disable size limit checking; Exim will still advertise the +SIZE extension in an EHLO response, but without a limit, so as to permit +SMTP clients to still indicate the message size along with the MAIL verb. + .option move_frozen_messages main boolean false .cindex "frozen messages" "moving" @@ -19948,13 +20014,16 @@ This option applies only to deliveries in maildir format, and is described in section &<>& below. -.option maildir_use_size_file appendfile boolean false +.new +.option maildir_use_size_file appendfile&!! boolean false .cindex "maildir format" "&_maildirsize_& file" -Setting this option true enables support for &_maildirsize_& files. Exim +The result of string expansion for this option must be a valid boolean value. +If it is true, it enables support for &_maildirsize_& files. Exim creates a &_maildirsize_& file in a maildir if one does not exist, taking the quota from the &%quota%& option of the transport. If &%quota%& is unset, the value is zero. See &%maildir_quota_directory_regex%& above and section &<>& below for further details. +.wen .option maildirfolder_create_regex appendfile string unset .cindex "maildir format" "&_maildirfolder_& file" @@ -22046,12 +22115,22 @@ is deferred. .option protocol smtp string smtp .cindex "LMTP" "over TCP/IP" +.cindex "ssmtp protocol" "outbound" +.cindex "TLS" "SSL-on-connect outbound" +.vindex "&$port$&" If this option is set to &"lmtp"& instead of &"smtp"&, the default value for the &%port%& option changes to &"lmtp"&, and the transport operates the LMTP protocol (RFC 2033) instead of SMTP. This protocol is sometimes used for local deliveries into closed message stores. Exim also has support for running LMTP over a pipe to a local process &-- see chapter &<>&. +.new +If this option is set to &"smtps"&, the default vaule for the &%port%& option +changes to &"smtps"&, and the transport initiates TLS immediately after +connecting, as an outbound SSL-on-connect, instead of using STARTTLS to upgrade. +The Internet standards bodies strongly discourage use of this mode. +.wen + .option retry_include_ip_address smtp boolean true Exim normally includes both the host name and the IP address in the key it @@ -23338,15 +23417,29 @@ included by setting .code AUTH_CRAM_MD5=yes AUTH_CYRUS_SASL=yes +.new +AUTH_DOVECOT=yes +AUTH_GSASL=yes +AUTH_HEIMDAL_GSSAPI=yes +.wen AUTH_PLAINTEXT=yes AUTH_SPA=yes .endd in &_Local/Makefile_&, respectively. The first of these supports the CRAM-MD5 authentication mechanism (RFC 2195), and the second provides an interface to -the Cyrus SASL authentication library. The third can be configured to support +the Cyrus SASL authentication library. +.new +The third is an interface to Dovecot's authentication system, delegating the +work via a socket interface. +The fourth provides an interface to the GNU SASL authentication library, which +provides mechanisms but typically not data sources. +The fifth provides direct access to Heimdal GSSAPI, geared for Kerberos, but +supporting setting a server keytab. +The sixth can be configured to support the PLAIN authentication mechanism (RFC 2595) or the LOGIN mechanism, which is -not formally documented, but used by several MUAs. The fourth authenticator +not formally documented, but used by several MUAs. The seventh authenticator supports Microsoft's &'Secure Password Authentication'& mechanism. +.wen The authenticators are configured using the same syntax as other drivers (see section &<>&). If no authenticators are required, no @@ -23378,6 +23471,30 @@ The remainder of this chapter covers the generic options for the authenticators, followed by general discussion of the way authentication works in Exim. +.new +&*Beware:*& the meaning of &$auth1$&, &$auth2$&, ... varies on a per-driver and +per-mechanism basis. Please read carefully to determine which variables hold +account labels such as usercodes and which hold passwords or other +authenticating data. + +Note that some mechanisms support two different identifiers for accounts: the +&'authentication id'& and the &'authorization id'&. The contractions &'authn'& +and &'authz'& are commonly encountered. The American spelling is standard here. +Conceptually, authentication data such as passwords are tied to the identifier +used to authenticate; servers may have rules to permit one user to act as a +second user, so that after login the session is treated as though that second +user had logged in. That second user is the &'authorization id'&. A robust +configuration might confirm that the &'authz'& field is empty or matches the +&'authn'& field. Often this is just ignored. The &'authn'& can be considered +as verified data, the &'authz'& as an unverified request which the server might +choose to honour. + +A &'realm'& is a text string, typically a domain name, presented by a server +to a client to help it select an account and credentials to use. In some +mechanisms, the client and server provably agree on the realm, but clients +typically can not treat the realm as secure data to be blindly trusted. +.wen + .section "Generic options for authenticators" "SECID168" @@ -23424,6 +23541,11 @@ This option must be set for a &%plaintext%& server authenticator, where it is used directly to control authentication. See section &<>& for details. +.new +For the &(gsasl)& authenticator, this option is required for various +mechanisms; see chapter &<>& for details. +.wen + For the other authenticators, &%server_condition%& can be used as an additional authentication or authorization mechanism that is applied after the other authenticator conditions succeed. If it is set, it is expanded when the @@ -24101,10 +24223,17 @@ be set in &_exim.conf_& in your SASL directory. If you are using GSSAPI for Kerberos, note that because of limitations in the GSSAPI interface, changing the server keytab might need to be communicated down to the Kerberos layer independently. The mechanism for doing so is dependent upon the Kerberos -implementation. For example, for Heimdal, the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME +implementation. +.new +For example, for older releases of Heimdal, the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME may be set to point to an alternative keytab file. Exim will pass this variable through from its own inherited environment when started as root or the Exim user. The keytab file needs to be readable by the Exim user. +With newer releases of Heimdal, a setuid Exim may cause Heimdal to discard the +environment variable. In practice, for those releases, the Cyrus authenticator +is not a suitable interface for GSSAPI (Kerberos) support. Instead, consider +the &(heimdal_gssapi)& authenticator, described in chapter &<>& +.wen .section "Using cyrus_sasl as a server" "SECID178" @@ -24207,6 +24336,202 @@ who authenticated is placed in &$auth1$&. .ecindex IIDdcotauth2 +. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +.new +.chapter "The gsasl authenticator" "CHAPgsasl" +.scindex IIDgsaslauth1 "&(gsasl)& authenticator" +.scindex IIDgsaslauth2 "authenticators" "&(gsasl)&" +.cindex "authentication" "GNU SASL" +.cindex "authentication" "SASL" +.cindex "authentication" "EXTERNAL" +.cindex "authentication" "ANONYMOUS" +.cindex "authentication" "PLAIN" +.cindex "authentication" "LOGIN" +.cindex "authentication" "DIGEST-MD5" +.cindex "authentication" "CRAM-MD5" +.cindex "authentication" "SCRAM-SHA-1" +The &(gsasl)& authenticator provides server integration for the GNU SASL +library and the mechanisms it provides. This is new as of the 4.78 release +and there are a few areas where the library does not let Exim smoothly +scale to handle future authentication mechanisms, so no guarantee can be +made that any particular new authentication mechanism will be supported +without code changes in Exim. + + +.option server_channelbinding gsasl bool false +Some authentication mechanisms are able to use external context at both ends +of the session to bind the authentication to that context, and fail the +authentication process if that context differs. Specifically, some TLS +ciphersuites can provide identifying information about the cryptographic +context. + +This means that certificate identity and verification becomes a non-issue, +as a man-in-the-middle attack will cause the correct client and server to +see different identifiers and authentication will fail. + +This is currently only supported when using the GnuTLS library. This is +only usable by mechanisms which support "channel binding"; at time of +writing, that's the SCRAM family. + +This defaults off to ensure smooth upgrade across Exim releases, in case +this option causes some clients to start failing. Some future release +of Exim may switch the default to be true. + + +.option server_hostname gsasl string&!! "see below" +This option selects the hostname that is used when communicating with the +library. The default value is &`$primary_hostname`&. +Some mechanisms will use this data. + + +.option server_mech gsasl string "see below" +This option selects the authentication mechanism this driver should use. The +default is the value of the generic &%public_name%& option. This option allows +you to use a different underlying mechanism from the advertised name. For +example: +.code +sasl: + driver = gsasl + public_name = X-ANYTHING + server_mech = CRAM-MD5 + server_set_id = $auth1 +.endd + + +.option server_password gsasl string&!! unset +Various mechanisms need access to the cleartext password on the server, so +that proof-of-possession can be demonstrated on the wire, without sending +the password itself. + +The data available for lookup varies per mechanism. +In all cases, &$auth1$& is set to the &'authentication id'&. +The &$auth2$& variable will always be the &'authorization id'& (&'authz'&) +if available, else the empty string. +The &$auth3$& variable will always be the &'realm'& if available, +else the empty string. + +A forced failure will cause authentication to defer. + +If using this option, it may make sense to set the &%server_condition%& +option to be simply "true". + + +.option server_realm gsasl string&!! unset +This specifies the SASL realm that the server claims to be in. +Some mechanisms will use this data. + + +.option server_scram_iter gsasl string&!! unset +This option provides data for the SCRAM family of mechanisms. +&$auth1$& is not available at evaluation time. +(This may change, as we receive feedback on use) + + +.option server_scram_salt gsasl string&!! unset +This option provides data for the SCRAM family of mechanisms. +&$auth1$& is not available at evaluation time. +(This may change, as we receive feedback on use) + + +.option server_service gsasl string &`smtp`& +This is the SASL service that the server claims to implement. +Some mechanisms will use this data. + + +.section "&(gsasl)& auth variables" "SECTgsaslauthvar" +.vindex "&$auth1$&, &$auth2$&, etc" +These may be set when evaluating specific options, as detailed above. +They will also be set when evaluating &%server_condition%&. + +Unless otherwise stated below, the &(gsasl)& integration will use the following +meanings for these variables: + +.ilist +.vindex "&$auth1$&" +&$auth1$&: the &'authentication id'& +.next +.vindex "&$auth2$&" +&$auth2$&: the &'authorization id'& +.next +.vindex "&$auth3$&" +&$auth3$&: the &'realm'& +.endlist + +On a per-mechanism basis: + +.ilist +.cindex "authentication" "EXTERNAL" +EXTERNAL: only &$auth1$& is set, to the possibly empty &'authorization id'&; +the &%server_condition%& option must be present. +.next +.cindex "authentication" "ANONYMOUS" +ANONYMOUS: only &$auth1$& is set, to the possibly empty &'anonymous token'&; +the &%server_condition%& option must be present. +.next +.cindex "authentication" "GSSAPI" +GSSAPI: &$auth1$& will be set to the &'GSSAPI Display Name'&; +&$auth2$& will be set to the &'authorization id'&, +the &%server_condition%& option must be present. +.endlist + +An &'anonymous token'& is something passed along as an unauthenticated +identifier; this is analogous to FTP anonymous authentication passing an +email address, or software-identifier@, as the "password". + +.wen + +. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// +. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// + +.new +.chapter "The heimdal_gssapi authenticator" "CHAPheimdalgss" +.scindex IIDheimdalgssauth1 "&(heimdal_gssapi)& authenticator" +.scindex IIDheimdalgssauth2 "authenticators" "&(heimdal_gssapi)&" +.cindex "authentication" "GSSAPI" +.cindex "authentication" "Kerberos" +The &(heimdal_gssapi)& authenticator provides server integration for the +Heimdal GSSAPI/Kerberos library, permitting Exim to set a keytab pathname +reliably. + +.option server_hostname heimdal_gssapi string&!! "see below" +This option selects the hostname that is used, with &%server_service%&, +for constructing the GSS server name, as a &'GSS_C_NT_HOSTBASED_SERVICE'& +identifier. The default value is &`$primary_hostname`&. + +.option server_keytab heimdal_gssapi string&!! unset +If set, then Heimdal will not use the system default keytab (typically +&_/etc/krb5.keytab_&) but instead the pathname given in this option. +The value should be a pathname, with no &"file:"& prefix. + +.option server_service heimdal_gssapi string&!! "smtp" +This option specifies the service identifier used, in conjunction with +&%server_hostname%&, for building the identifer for finding credentials +from the keytab. + + +.section "&(heimdal_gssapi)& auth variables" "SECTheimdalgssauthvar" +Beware that these variables will typically include a realm, thus will appear +to be roughly like an email address already. The &'authzid'& in &$auth2$& is +not verified, so a malicious client can set it to anything. + +The &$auth1$& field should be safely trustable as a value from the Key +Distribution Center. Note that these are not quite email addresses. +Each identifier is for a role, and so the left-hand-side may include a +role suffix. For instance, &"joe/admin@EXAMPLE.ORG"&. + +.vindex "&$auth1$&, &$auth2$&, etc" +.ilist +.vindex "&$auth1$&" +&$auth1$&: the &'authentication id'&, set to the GSS Display Name. +.next +.vindex "&$auth2$&" +&$auth2$&: the &'authorization id'&, sent within SASL encapsulation after +authentication. +.endlist + +.wen + . //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// . //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @@ -24571,8 +24896,14 @@ DHE_DSS). The default list contains RSA, DHE_DSS, DHE_RSA. For &%gnutls_require_mac%&, the recognized names are SHA (synonym SHA1), and MD5. The default list contains SHA, MD5. -For &%gnutls_require_protocols%&, the recognized names are TLS1 and SSL3. -The default list contains TLS1, SSL3. +.new +For &%gnutls_require_protocols%&, the recognized names are TLS1.2, TLS1.1, +TLS1.0, (TLS1) and SSL3. +The default list contains TLS1.2, TLS1.1, TLS1.0, SSL3. +TLS1 is an alias for TLS1.0, for backwards compatibility. +For sufficiently old versions of the GnuTLS library, TLS1.2 or TLS1.1 might +not be supported and will not be recognised by Exim. +.wen In a server, the order of items in these lists is unimportant. The server advertises the availability of all the relevant cipher suites. However, in a @@ -27325,7 +27656,7 @@ checks. The &%per_*%& options described above do not make sense in some ACLs. If you use a &%per_*%& option in an ACL where it is not normally permitted then the -update mode defaults to &%readonly%& and you cannot specify the &%strict&% or +update mode defaults to &%readonly%& and you cannot specify the &%strict%& or &%leaky%& modes. In other ACLs the default update mode is &%leaky%& (see the next section) so you must specify the &%readonly%& option explicitly. @@ -27379,7 +27710,7 @@ go over the limit is not added to the set, in the same way that the client's recorded rate is not updated in the same situation. When you combine the &%unique=%& and &%readonly%& options, the specific -%&unique=%& value is ignored, and Exim just retrieves the client's stored +&%unique=%& value is ignored, and Exim just retrieves the client's stored rate. The &%unique=%& mechanism needs more space in the ratelimit database than the @@ -27715,7 +28046,7 @@ check for a &"random"& local part at the same domain. The local part is not really random &-- it is defined by the expansion of the option &%callout_random_local_part%&, which defaults to .code -$primary_host_name-$tod_epoch-testing +$primary_hostname-$tod_epoch-testing .endd The idea here is to try to determine whether the remote host accepts all local parts without checking. If it does, there is no point in doing callouts for @@ -34975,7 +35306,7 @@ integer size comparisons against this value. A colon-separated list of names of headers included in the signature. .vitem &%$dkim_key_testing%& "1" if the key record has the "testing" flag set, "0" if not. -.vitem &%$dkim_key_nosubdomaining%& +.vitem &%$nosubdomains%& "1" if the key record forbids subdomaining, "0" otherwise. .vitem &%$dkim_key_srvtype%& Service type (tag s=) from the key record. Defaults to "*" if not specified