Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 08:33:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Good <tomg@mailhost.nrnet.org> To: Mark Ovens <marko@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Nobody versus FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008090825480.21660-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org> In-Reply-To: <20000809125157.B251@parish>
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Hello! I have a (postgres) database accessed via apache and perl/CGI. Nobody is my default user. The code that works on Linux (boo hiss) is failing on FBSD in one minor area: mail delivery. The perl scripts generate email for diff purposes, however, whilst running on an FBSD box, Nobody the postman runs into a problem. He is unable to write to /var/spool/mqueue. Permissions are identical linux to bsd: 755 from /var to .../mqueue Ownership is correct (root.daemon for the target dir) although diff from Linux (root.mail). Is any of this pertinent? Also, the entry in /etc/passwd for nobody is similar across systems. He is a member of his own (nonexistent ;-) group. Would adding a group be advisable or is there a less insecure solution? Thanks very much! Tom Good -------------------------------------------------------------------- SVCMC - Center for Behavioral Health -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Good tomg@ { admin | q8 } .nrnet.org IS Coordinator / DBA Phone: 718-354-5528 Fax: 718-354-5056 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by: PostgreSQL s l a c k w a r e FreeBSD: RDBMS |---------- linux The Power To Serve -------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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