Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:51:35 GMT From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@juniper.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/132108: Hard coded variables in the postfix install script Message-ID: <200902251851.n1PIpZnT011692@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200902251900.n1PJ09fk073586@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 132108 >Category: ports >Synopsis: Hard coded variables in the postfix install script >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 25 19:00:09 UTC 2009 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Josef Grosch >Release: FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE >Organization: Juniper Networks >Environment: FreeBSD danai-27.juniper.net 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE #0: Tue Feb 24 12:24:17 PST 2009 root@danai-27.juniper.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DANAI i386 >Description: The UID and GID for postfix and the GID for maildrop is hard coded into the postfix install script (/usr/ports/mail/postfix/pkg-install). This is fine and dandy if no user has these UID and/or GID however if postfix is being installed in an existing environment it causes all sorts of problems. Please modify the install script to check the environment for a variable(s) that will define a UID & GID for postfix and maildrop >How-To-Repeat: read the file /usr/ports/mail/postfix/pkg-install like this vi +56 /usr/ports/mail/postfix/pkg-install >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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