Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:27:38 +1000 From: "Andrew Reilly" <areilly@nsw.bigpond.net.au> To: Pascal Hofstee <daeron@Wit401305.student.utwente.nl> Cc: Doug <Doug@gorean.org>, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <19990902082738.A46667@gurney.reilly.home> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909012249510.12931-100000@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl>; from Pascal Hofstee on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 10:51:10PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011207240.31203-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909012249510.12931-100000@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl>
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On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 10:51:10PM +0200, Pascal Hofstee wrote: > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Doug wrote: > > > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > > > I plan to add a user ``smtp'' with UID 25 and a member of group > > > ``mail'', for use in running non-priveledged MTA's in FreeBSD. This is > > > primarily for the convenience of maintainers of mail ports. > > > > Why not do this as part of the port itself, ala majordomo? That > > works just fine and is completely non-controversial because you don't get > > it unless you ask for it. > > I would just liek to point out that Postfix is also doing the exact same > thing ... user postfix ... (as well as a group maildrop) Another data point: qmail adds _seven_ new users, and one new group. It has a very paranoid security model. I think that it uses a script to add them, but maybe I did it myself. It was a while ago... -- Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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