Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 16:35:59 -0700 From: Aaron Smith <aaron@mutex.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <19990901163559.A54796@gelatinous.com> In-Reply-To: <17825.936203586@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 06:33:06PM %2B0200 References: <17825.936203586@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
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this strikes me as unecessary. anybody installing a new mta can create the necessary users and name them appropriately. port maintainers have already solved this problem (see the install glue for the qmail port, which as has been mentioned creates _seven_ users.) it is not particularly hard, and the existing solution does a fine job. i have a feeling this "smtp" user would sit unused while people create qmail-* users, a 'postfix' user, etc. i'm a qmail user, i would end up ignoring this user if it were added, and it will be equally useless to the large number of people who stick with the bundled (superuser) sendmail. aaron On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 06:33:06PM +0200, 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. > > The last time I brought this up, my request was blown away in a flurry > of arguments against incorporating other MTA's into the base system. > > !!! DON'T GO THERE !!! > > 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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