Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:31:24 -0800 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: netch@lucky.net, arch@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, anders@fix.no, imp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New sendmail users (was Re: HEADS UP: Apache port change from nobody:nogroup to www:www planned) Message-ID: <200201231731.g0NHVO085022@bmah.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <15438.60023.705225.44960@horsey.gshapiro.net> References: <29611.1003411145@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <xzpofn5dqqk.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <15311.1383.814782.672622@horsey.gshapiro.net> <20020123131816.GA43706@lucky.net> <15438.60023.705225.44960@horsey.gshapiro.net>
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If memory serves me right, Gregory Neil Shapiro wrote: > (Note I've quoted the entire message and CC'ed Warner in case he does want > to add something to UPDATING on both the HEAD and RELENG_4.) Errr. This sounds like a relnotes thing too...guess I ought to think (quickly) about this. Just so I have this straight, this problem came about because of the change to master.passwd, not because of any code change in sendmail (which, if I read my relnotes right, hasn't changed between 4.4-RELEASE and 4.5-RC). Right? > If you still want sendmail to use daemon for the default user, simply add > this to your .mc file: > > define(`confDEF_USER_ID', `daemon') > > However, migrating to mailnull will increase system security. Is this because there are fewer processes running as daemon? Bruce. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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