Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:52:14 +0200 From: Sunny Dale <s.dale@gmx.net> To: Kennebunk Mailing List <brentb@loa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail help Message-ID: <3CBC2C8E.4010205@gmx.net> References: <006f01c1e54b$29518200$4469a8c0@cybertours.com>
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Kennebunk Mailing List wrote: >Im running FBSD 4.3..doing virtual web hosting / mail ..etc....I recently >upgraded sendmail to the newest version. ..any who ...i did as the >intructions ( INSTALL.txt ) to make a >user/group called... >smmsp > >thing is .....after i did the upgrade the sendmail process still runs as >root... ( i know this is a BAD thing.... so i intend to fix this ASAP ) >does anyone have howto on changing the user that sendmail runs "root" to >"smmsp" instead ...i know this requires changing ownership of the >directories used by sendmail ...like /var/mail/ etc.. >thanx in advance for any and all help .. > >Brent > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > i dont know whether this is out-dated: http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/archive/1997/freebsd-security/19970105.freebsd-security.html (at the bottom) http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/sendmail.html maybe changing mta isnt a bad idea too? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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