Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:17:54 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Dominic Marks <dom@cus.org.uk> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/dovecot pkg-install ports/mail/dovecot/files README.FreeBSD patch-dovecot-example.conf Message-ID: <20030701001754.GA72598@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20030630220229.GA58820@cus.org.uk> References: <200306301406.h5UE6Zdd013151@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030630211935.GA71572@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030630220229.GA58820@cus.org.uk>
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--cWoXeonUoKmBZSoM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 11:02:29PM +0100, Dominic Marks wrote: > > Don't forget to register these in the porter's handbook so there are > > no uid/gid conflicts with other ports. >=20 > I'm a little confused. Does this apply for users and groups were the > actual numbers don't matter ? In Dovecot the extra user is just used > as a seperate identity to partition login, authentication and active > users securely. Or do should all users and groups which are going to > be added by a port by listed in the Porters Handbook. The handbook > itself seems to suggest the former. So there is nothing in the port or package that hard-codes the value of the uid at compile or package-time, for example files owned by the dovecot user? If not, it's probably OK. Kris P.S. NB, your port does not remove the user/group at deinstall-time. --cWoXeonUoKmBZSoM Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/ANMxWry0BWjoQKURAp7lAJ4qipu0qp5/k7F1jQLUbc2yI+JkxgCgwHsE bgjMWx9+gv7oXKT8L53vCdw= =A3GE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cWoXeonUoKmBZSoM--
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