Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 12:09:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011207240.31203-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <17825.936203586@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I plan to add a user ``smtp'' with UID 25 and a member of group
> ``mail'', for use in running non-priveledged MTA's in FreeBSD. This is
> primarily for the convenience of maintainers of mail ports.
Why not do this as part of the port itself, ala majordomo? That
works just fine and is completely non-controversial because you don't get
it unless you ask for it.
Doug
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