Re: Local user permission problem?

Laura Williamson via Exim-users <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Oct 2025 02:35:54 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.mail.exim.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
does not change the fact that it has worked since implemented in, I 
believe, version 4.94 and only fails in 4.99. Have also tried to add 
/Maildir to the homedir in the dbm file, same result.

On 2025-10-29 17:13, Andreas Metzler via Exim-users wrote:
> On 2025-10-29 Laura Williamson via Exim-users <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Got it compiled so all works so far.., I have this issue
>> local_delivery defer (-1): Tainted '/var/usermail/MAILDIR9/username (file or
>> directory name for local_delivery transport) not permitted
>> I do not have that problem with 4.98., I look up the directory like this
>> directory =
>> ${extract{5}{:}{${lookup{$local_part}dbm{/etc/passwd.dbm}}}}/Maildir
>
> The error message does not match the setting you quoted. - directory
> setting is .../Maildir but the error message is about .../username.
> cu Andreas
>

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