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Date:      03 Jun 2003 01:32:06 +1000
From:      Mark Sergeant <msergeant@snsonline.net>
To:        Wolfpaw - Dale Corse <admin-lists@wolfpaw.net>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: quick poppassd question
Message-ID:  <1054567925.17084.7.camel@xyzzy.wireless.snsonline.net>
In-Reply-To: <AJENJFOLCLAHHIIGCCHNEEABGMAA.admin-lists@wolfpaw.net>
References:  <AJENJFOLCLAHHIIGCCHNEEABGMAA.admin-lists@wolfpaw.net>

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Could we maybe drop it to 200ish as I know of many cases where uid's
aren't > 1000 for standard users.

On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 01:33, Wolfpaw - Dale Corse wrote:
> looks good to me :)
> 
> D.
> --------------------------------
> Dale Corse
> System Administrator
> Wolfpaw Services Inc.
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> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Support
> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 5:04 AM
> > To: security@freebsd.org
> > Cc: isp@freebsd.org
> > Subject: quick poppassd question
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I did a quick change to the patched port of poppassd and am
> > wondering if
> > you think my code would introduce any potential problems.
> >
> > The idea is right after we check if the username exists,
> > also check if the
> > UID of that username is over 1000. I wanted to make sure that no one
> > monkeys around with priveleged users once poppassd is running.
-snip- 

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Mark Sergeant <msergeant@snsonline.net>
SNSOnline Technical Services



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