Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 18:32:03 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: Dmitry.Karpov@misa.ac.ru Cc: edwin@d9168.upc-d.chello.nl, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: root-SetUID for /usr/libexec/mail.local Message-ID: <20010203183203.O91447@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> In-Reply-To: <200102031452.f13EqHH17387@titan.misa.ac.ru>; from Dmitry.Karpov@misa.ac.ru on Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 02:52:17PM %2B0000 References: <200102031452.f13EqHH17387@titan.misa.ac.ru>
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On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 02:52:17PM +0000, Dmitry.Karpov@misa.ac.ru wrote: [snip] > Sorry, I am very little speak english. > My problem was: When I install FreeBSD'4.2 on computer, > my computer can't receive local mail and put it into mailbox. You have not updated your sendmail.cf. > I remember, some time ago today-installed FreeBSD don't relay e-mail - > Ok, I am understand, the reason is spam-danger open mail-relay > (spammes may use open mial-relay to send spam). > Does anybody know: why mail.local has no SetUID, > and F=S flag is absent in local mailer, both? > Is SetUID for mail.local some "security hole"? It is a potential security hole. There is no good reason mail.local needs to be setuid, so why have the extra risk? > Will SetUID for mail.local in next FreeBSD versions? No. This was actually a change made in sendmail itself and not just FreeBSD's distribution of it. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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