Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 22:51:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Pascal Hofstee <daeron@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909012249510.12931-100000@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011207240.31203-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com>
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On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Doug wrote: > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > 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. > > Why not do this as part of the port itself, ala majordomo? That > works just fine and is completely non-controversial because you don't get > it unless you ask for it. I would just liek to point out that Postfix is also doing the exact same thing ... user postfix ... (as well as a group maildrop) -------------------- Pascal Hofstee - daeron@shadowmere.student.utwente.nl -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS d- s+: a-- C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W- N+ o? K- w--- O? M V? PS+ PE Y-- PGP-- t+ 5 X-- R tv+ b+ DI D- G e* h+ r- y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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