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"В Exim обнаружена критическая уязвимость, позволяющая получи..." Отправлено Аноним, 09-Дек-10 22:59
When this option is used by a caller other than root or the Exim user, and the list  is  different  from                  the compiled-in list, Exim gives up its root privilege immediately, and runs with the real and effective                  uid and gid set to those of the caller. However, if ALT_CONFIG_ROOT_ONLY is defined  in  Local/Makefile,                  root privilege is retained for -C only if the caller of Exim is root. Похоже в Debian не используется ALT_CONFIG_ROOT_ONLY...