-. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.3 2006/04/27 15:19:27 ph10 Exp $
+. $Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt,v 1.5 2006/05/31 19:34:57 fanf2 Exp $
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. This is the primary source of the Exim Manual. It is an xfpt document that is
user/password authenticator configuration might preserve the user name for use
in the routers. Note that this is not the same information that is saved in
&$sender_host_authenticated$&. When a message is submitted locally (that is,
-not over a TCP connection), the value of &$authenticated_id$& is the login name
-of the calling process.
+not over a TCP connection) and if the submitter is not a trusted user,
+the value of &$authenticated_id$& is the login name of the calling process.
.vitem &$authenticated_sender$&
.cindex "sender" "authenticated"
.ilist
When Exim is receiving an incoming SMTP message from a remote host, it is
running under the Exim uid, not as root.
-No additional groups are set up, even if the Exim uid is a member of other
-groups (that is, the &[initgroups()]& function is not run).
Exim is unable to change uid to read the file as the user, and it may not be
able to read it as the Exim user. So in practice the router may not be able to
operate.