Restricted.cnf file

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As of MS 7.0.5, certain special, security-related "options" -- defining fundamental Messaging Server Unix accounts -- are stored in the  file (for both Unified Configuration and legacy configuration). (Note that these few "options" are not settable using ; instead edit the   file.) These "options" include:



 , replacing as of MS 7.0.5 the former  MTA Tailor option (specifying the UNIX user id of the MTA user) and the former   Message Store option (specifying the UNIX user id of the Message Store user). 

 , replacing as of MS 7.0.5 the former  MTA Tailor option (specifying the UNIX group id of the MTA user). Note that the  Message Store option (specifying the UNIX group id of the Message Store user) was deleted in MS 7.0.4; the Message Store now always uses the primary group of the user specified via the   Message Store option. 

 , as of MS 8.0 preferred to the deprecated use of the  channel option on the  pipe channel (specifying the username under which the channel runs). 

 , new in MS 8.0; when set to  (the default), the pipe channel is only allowed to run as the specified  ; if set to , then the pipe channel is allowed to run as other users. 

 , replacing as of MS 7.0.5 the former  MTA Tailor option (specifying the UNIX user id for certain untrusted operations such as MTA mapping table  sequence number file access, or  untrusted  pipe channel operations). 



See also:
 * imta_user MTA Option
 * serveruid Option
 * servergid Option
 * user Option
 * Pipe channels
 * imta_user_username MTA Option
 * Mapping entry templates
 * Infrastructure