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Re: exim issue




Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:

On Sat, 22 May 2004 14:07:27 -0500, Ken Dibble wrote:


In the exim 4.32 source (spool_in.c)
the following line causes an error condition if the user who
instantiated the exim process has a space in their name.

if (sscanf(CS big_buffer, "%s %ld %ld", originator, &uid, &gid) != 3)
 goto SPOOL_FORMAT_ERROR;

I'm sure a workaround is obvious, I just can't see it.



One quick workaround is to edit /etc/passwd and change your space-containing username to something without a space.



Yes, that works, thanks.

Ken


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