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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 22:28:49 BST
From: Michael Ryan <mike@NetworX.ie>
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Subject: sendmail is suid root -- correct?
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On my FreeBSD 2.1 box, sendmail is suid root.
This means anybody can do a "sendmail -q",
which I don't want them to be able to do.
The sysadmin should have (sole) control over mail
queue management.

Is it correct that sendmail should be suid-root?
If I remove the suid bit, what are the repercussions?


Thanks folks,
Mike
<mike@NetworX.ie>
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