Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:37:11 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: hoek@FreeBSD.org Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <26077.936283031@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:08:45 -0400." <19990902100845.A1098@mad>
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On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 10:08:45 -0400, Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > 3) We try to keep the ports system roughly independent of the base > system, and vice-a-versa. Do you plan to make sendmail use this new > mta id (is that even possible?)? It's certainly something I'd like to take a shot at, yes. Perhaps I'm going about this the wrong way. Perhaps I should first provide a knob that allows sendmail to be run non-priveledged. Once that's done, add a user for it to run as. > c) we may eventually collide with names added by admins on their own > system (there is a de-facto standard of reserving the first 100 id # > that helps lessen the likelihood of this, but it is i) only a de-facto > standard, ii) only the first 100). Perhaps I'm relying too heavily on admins to adhere to this rule. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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