Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:02:46 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <199909012002.NAA15018@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <17825.936203586@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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>From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> >Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 18:33:06 +0200 >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. >... >This has nothing to do with what's in the base system. This has to do >with making it easier for people to run 3rd-party software, which isn't >part of the base system, in a non-priveledged state. I think the overall idea is good, though my tendency has been to use somewhat higher numbers (like 65532 or 65533). And I do it with sendmail. At least in the case of sendmail, the queue directories should be owned by the user in question (especially if they're mode 0700). Cheers, david -- David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com UNIX System Administrator voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (888) 347-0197 FAX: (650) 372-5915 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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