Edit the Exim configuration via the CLI

[MH-Stefan]

Hi,

I'm working on some bash scripts that require editing the Exim configuration. After a lot of searching through the documentation and on Google, I've found this URL:

https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/1500001750261-How-to-edit-the-Exim-configuration-programmatically-or-via-the-command-line-CLI-on-cPanel

Unfortunately, it's not public, as I get this error when I login with my cPanel account: "You're not authorized to access this page"

Is it work in progress? Any chance I can get a sneak peek to it?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[vanessa]

I have a login but can't access that page either. You shouldn't modify exim.conf directly, but what you can do is:

1) For settings that are controlled by WHM, those are stored in /etc/exim.conf.localopts
2) For most other things, you would edit /etc/exim.conf.local and add your options to the correct section

After making changes, rebuild exim.conf with /scripts/buildeximconf and restart Exim.

Maybe someone from cPanel can fix that article so it's viewable.

 

[cPRex]

We actually have removed that article so it isn't viewable to anyone, so I don't have any way to provide that on my end. Vanessa's details are correct, although you'll want to be mindful of this case right now, which could affect the behavior:

https://support.cpanel.net/hc/en-us/articles/12322823241367 - Exim configuration editor does not accurately reflect settings in /etc/exim.conf.localopts

 

[MH-Stefan]

Thank you both for the replies, greatly appreciated!

Too bad that the article is no longer viewable, it would've probably made things a lot easier.

I'll try to code our script using the solution suggested by Vanessa.

Edit: Actually, the article seems to be viewable again. It's almost the same solution suggested by Vanessa, just in case the article becomes unavailable again.