Re: execution of exim by user

2009-05-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,02.May.09, 23:07:16, Chris Davies wrote: > It's been /usr/lib/sendmail for as far back as I can remember. (Mid > '80s?) On my exim based system it's a symlink. I would expect that other > non-sendmail MTAs did the same. (Postfix, anyone?) $ ls -l /usr/sbin/sendmail -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root

Re: execution of exim by user

2009-05-02 Thread Chris Davies
> "If by that you're referring to a UNIX/Linux system, ..." Peter Crawford wrote: > Any system providing a command line is sufficient. > It could be a DEC VT100 or an Atari or a Mac Plus. I qualified my statement that /usr/lib/sendmail exists. If you're running on a.n.other system then I woul

RE: execution of exim by user

2009-05-01 Thread Peter Crawford
Chris, "If by that you're referring to a UNIX/Linux system, ..." Any system providing a command line is sufficient. It could be a DEC VT100 or an Atari or a Mac Plus. Cut & paste saves typing and that is enough for most purposes. "I would recommend that you use /usr/lib/sendmail as the exe

Re: execution of exim by user

2009-05-01 Thread Chris Davies
> What is it you want to achieve? Peter Crawford wrote: > Initiate a message via the command interface.Which has merit when > initiating a message from a non-linux system. If by that you're referring to a UNIX/Linux system, I would recommend that you use /usr/lib/sendmail as the executable targe

RE: execution of exim by user

2009-05-01 Thread Peter Crawford
> 'man sendmail' and you should figure it out. Changed little, if any, from years ago. sendmail links to exim. Should be no harm in using exim rather than sendmail. >> What is it you want to achieve? > > Initiate a message via the command interface.Which has merit when initiating > a messag

Re: execution of exim by user

2009-05-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,01.May.09, 09:32:53, Peter Crawford wrote: > > ... > > /usr/lib/sendmail -v chris # Yes this is exim > > pe...@dalton:~$ which exim > pe...@dalton:~$ which /usr/sbin/exim > /usr/sbin/exim > > My error was not having the path in the command or in > $PATH. I'll look at sendmail in case i

RE: execution of exim by user

2009-05-01 Thread Peter Crawford
Andrei & Chris, > From: chris-use...@roaima.co.uk > Subject: Re: execution of exim by user > Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 08:40:58 +0100 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > ... > /usr/lib/sendmail -v chris # Yes this is exim pe...@dalton:~$ which exim pe...@dalton:~$ which /u

Re: execution of exim by user

2009-05-01 Thread Chris Davies
Peter Crawford wrote: > Is there a practical way for exim to be executed by a user? > Putting a user in the Debian-exim group doesn't allow this. Exim can already be executed by a user for sending email (this is what the MUAs such as "mailx" use to send a message): /usr/lib/sendmail -v chri

Re: execution of exim by user

2009-05-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,30.Apr.09, 17:25:55, Peter Crawford wrote: > > Is there a practical way for exim to be executed by a user? > Putting a user in the Debian-exim group doesn't allow this. Please explain what you are trying to achieve. Do you want to run the daemon as a user or just send some mail? Regards