Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:42:19 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Thomas Good <tomg@mailhost.nrnet.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nobody versus FreeBSD Message-ID: <20000810084219.A343@jonc.ntdns.wilsonandhorton.co.n> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008090825480.21660-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org>; from tomg@mailhost.nrnet.org on Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 08:33:52AM -0400 References: <20000809125157.B251@parish> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008090825480.21660-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org>
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On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 08:33:52AM -0400, Thomas Good wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a (postgres) database accessed via apache and perl/CGI.
> Nobody is my default user. The code that works on Linux (boo hiss)
> is failing on FBSD in one minor area: mail delivery.
>
> The perl scripts generate email for diff purposes, however, whilst
> running on an FBSD box, Nobody the postman runs into a problem.
> He is unable to write to /var/spool/mqueue.
The perl script should be talking to the smtp port and not attempting
to write to /var/spool/mqueue directly. Any workaround in adding
`nobody' to the various additional groups tends to compromise
security.
What sort of errors does /var/log/maillog list?
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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