Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 01:43:44 -0500 From: "Bradley Dunn" <dunn@harborcom.net> To: TWC <twc@ns.calyx.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Secure way to do mail Message-ID: <199606170547.BAA05549@ns2.harborcom.net>
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Wait a sec... Doesn't sendmail bind to port 25 during startup, at which point it is invoked by root from rc right? Why would it need to be setuid if it is being run by root? On 16 Jun 96 at 22:47, TWC wrote: > Doesn't sendmail need to be setuid at least to bind to the > priveleged port? I'm under the impression that starting it from > inetd is a "bad idea" in that inetd craps out when many connections > are opened at one (a situation that happens commonsly as lists come > into our shell machine.) Bradley Dunn <dunn@harborcom.net> Harbor Communications -- www.haborcom.net
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