Bug#283568: exim4: Wrong info in README.SMTP-AUTH

[Andreas Metzler]

severity 283568 minor
tags 283568 pending
thanks
On 2004-11-28 Olaf van der Spek <OvdSpek@LIACS.NL> wrote:
> Package: exim4
> Version: 4.34-8
> Severity: normal

> It says:
> [3] If you are using split-configuration (dc_use_split_config='true' in
> /etc/exim4/update-exim4.conf.conf), the files to edit are:
>   /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp
>     /etc/exim4/conf.d/auth/30_exim4-config_examples

> But isn't 30_exim4-config_remote_smtp for the SMTP client and not
> the SMTP server?

Hello,
The footnote is referenced from both client- and server-section. Thanks
for catching that, that is simply a leftover from the time when using
exim as AUTH /client/ required changing the transport.

> It'd also be nice to mention the format of the passwd file
> (username:crypted password)

The comments in exim4.conf.template or 30_exim4-config_examples
respectively describe the format.

> and that crypted passwords can be generated via mkpasswd.

There are numerous ways to generate crypted passwords most of them
found on the first page of
<http://www.google.com/search?q=generate+crypted+password> ;-)

> And what to edit in 30_exim4-config_examples for SASL and for
> non-SASL authentication.
[...]

Could you be more specific on your problem?
              cu andreas
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