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diff --git a/src/src/EDITME b/src/src/EDITME
index 2f900f271..cea00d2c8 100644
--- a/src/src/EDITME
+++ b/src/src/EDITME
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/EDITME,v 1.2 2004/10/11 13:24:19 ph10 Exp $
+# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/EDITME,v 1.4 2004/11/05 12:33:59 ph10 Exp $
 
 ##################################################
 #          The Exim mail transport agent         #
@@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ EXIM_MONITOR=eximon.bin
 # cannot be overridden at runtime. This guards against problems caused by
 # unauthorized changes to the runtime configuration. You are advised not to
 # remove "root" from this option, but you can add other users if you want. The
-# list is colon-separated.
+# list is colon-separated. It must NOT contain any spaces.
 
+# FIXED_NEVER_USERS=root:bin:daemon
 FIXED_NEVER_USERS=root
 
 
@@ -347,18 +348,26 @@ FIXED_NEVER_USERS=root
 
 # CONFIGURE_OWNER=
 
-# If you specify CONFIGURE_OWNER as a name, this is looked up at build time,
-# and the uid number is built into the binary. However, you can specify that
-# this lookup is deferred until runtime. In this case, it is the name that is
-# built into the binary. You can do this by a setting of the form:
+# If the configuration file is group-writeable, Exim insists by default that it
+# is owned by root or the Exim user. You can specify one additional permitted 
+# group owner here.
+
+# CONFIGURE_GROUP=
+
+# If you specify CONFIGURE_OWNER or CONFIGURE_GROUP as a name, this is looked
+# up at build time, and the uid or gid number is built into the binary.
+# However, you can specify that the lookup is deferred until runtime. In this
+# case, it is the name that is built into the binary. You can do this by a
+# setting of the form:
 
 # CONFIGURE_OWNER=ref:mail
+# CONFIGURE_GROUP=ref:sysadmin
 
-# In other words, put "ref:" in front of the user name. Although this costs a
-# bit of resource at runtime, it is convenient to use this feature when
-# building binaries that are to be run on multiple systems where the name may
-# refer to different uids. It also allows you to build Exim on a system where
-# the relevant user is not defined.
+# In other words, put "ref:" in front of the user or group name. Although this
+# costs a bit of resource at runtime, it is convenient to use this feature when
+# building binaries that are to be run on multiple systems where the names may
+# refer to different uids or gids. It also allows you to build Exim on a system
+# where the relevant user or group is not defined.
 
 
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