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Re: exim issue
- From: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin at gmail dot com>
- To: Ken Dibble <kdibble at alltel dot net>, cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 13:09:55 -0700
- Subject: Re: exim issue
- References: <40AFA4EF.7040706@alltel.net>
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.
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