Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:14:25 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: "David S. Jackson" <deepbsd@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smmsp error Message-ID: <20020419121425.A73703@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20020418212909.GA15207@scee.dsj.net>; from deepbsd@earthlink.net on Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 05:29:09PM -0400 References: <20020418212909.GA15207@scee.dsj.net>
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On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 05:29:09PM -0400, David S. Jackson wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> When I cvsuped to 4.5-STABLE from 4.2-R, I needed to add a new account
> for smmsp (sendmail spooler), so I used adduser. So, my /etc/passwd
> line for smmsp looks like: smmsp:*:90:90:smmsp://smmsp:/nonexistent
>
> On my security checks, I now get
>
> Checking for passwordless accounts:
> smmsp:*:90:90::0:0:smmsp://smmsp:/nonexistent
Use vipw. Make sure the 2nd field is '*'. If you want to stay in sync
with the standard groups and ids, the uid for smmsp should be 25, and
the gid 25 as well. eg:
smmsp:*:25:25::0:0:Sendmail Submission User:/var/spool/clientmqueue:/sbin/nologin
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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