Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:27:51 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Markus Stumpf <maex-freebsd-hackers@Space.Net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <25929.936282471@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:01:40 %2B0200." <25760.936280900@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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On Thu, 02 Sep 1999 16:01:40 +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > The numeric id IS important. > > How do you think NFS maintains privileges across machines? > > I have no idea how NFS works. :-) I've educated myself and now see your point. :-) The point, though, is now simply that we should strive to come up with a ``mailman'' / ``smtp'' user whose UID is the same as that of as many other systems as possible. Solaris doesn't help me, because they use UID 0. :-) NetBSD have user ``postfix'' with UID 12. Slackware Linux seems to have a user ``mail'' with UID 8. I don't have access to other platforms. I'm inclined to go with UID 12, but if you could suggest something better, I'd appreciate it. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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