On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 08:14:44PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote: > it is me again, finding brokenness rather late. :-( > > I have recently taken a shot at using 250_exim4-config_lowuid hovever > it currently seems to be misplaced in the order of things since it is > called before evaluating /etc/aliases, which makes it impossible to > selectively redirect system-userws somewhere else: > > m26s25:~# tail -n1 /etc/aliases > www-data: ametzler > m26s25:~# swaks --pipe "exim -bh 70.103.162.31" \ > -f [EMAIL PROTECTED] -t [EMAIL PROTECTED] -q rcpt > [...] > ** 550 no mail to system accounts
Put the alias for www-data in /etc/exim4/lowuid-aliases. > lowuid greps the id and rejects it, even before system_aliases sees > it. > > This could easily be fixed by moving the router to a later point. That's a non-fix, as it would make real-uucp, real-www-data and other system accounts deliverable again by picking the address up early. > The current order causes another kind of breakage that is worse. The > router breaks our default /etc/aliases: > root: ametzler > abuse: root The default /etc/aliases is created in exim4-config.postinst and contains only aliases from mailer-daemon to postmaster and from postmaster, nobody, hostmaster, usenet, news, webmaster, www, ftp, abuse, noc and security to root. I need more evidence about brokenness. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
