Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 15:48:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/30425: having lots of random MTA userids is irritating Message-ID: <200109072248.f87Mmpi54996@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 30425 >Category: ports >Synopsis: having lots of random MTA userids is irritating >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: wish >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 07 15:50:00 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tony Finch >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-RC >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD hand.dotat.at 4.4-RC FreeBSD 4.4-RC #4: Sat Sep 1 19:06:27 GMT 2001 fanf@hand.dotat.at:/FreeBSD/obj/FreeBSD/releng4/sys/SHARP i386 >Description: Both exim and postfix add users to the password file for sandboxing the MTA. (qmail adds piles of them but then it's barmy.) It seems to me that it would make sense to have a mail user installed by default, and perhaps it could be used by sendmail as well. Something like mail:*:6:6::0:0:Mail Sandbox:/:/sbin/nologin which I have been using for years. It's annoying to have to purge the exim user after installing it. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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