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Date:      Mon, 16 Nov 1998 20:24:24 +0100
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        marcs@znep.com
Cc:        dillon@apollo.backplane.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Would this make FreeBSD more secure? 
Message-ID:  <7110.911244264@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:49:04 -0800 (PST)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811160946180.12077-100000@alive.znep.com>

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> It is easy to say that things don't have to run as root, but for many of
> them that just isn't true without losing functionality.
> 
> If sendmail doesn't run as root, you can't deliver user mail to programs.

However, there are plenty of users who would still find sendmail useful.
(Me, I'm running qmail. But that's another discussion.)

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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