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Date:      18 Oct 2001 15:25:55 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
Cc:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, ports@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: Apache port change from nobody:nogroup to www:www planned
Message-ID:  <xzpofn5dqqk.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <29611.1003411145@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
References:  <29611.1003411145@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>

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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> writes:
> So when exim needs to be run as "the unpriveleged user" (nobody by
> default), which user should I use?

It should set up and use its own UID, just like QMail and Postfix set
up and use their own UIDs.  Ideally, there would be a user in our
standard master.passwd named "smtp" or "mail", with UID 25 (and of
course a corresponding group).

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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