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
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