From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 18 17:14:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (adsl-210.54.19.51.quicksilver.net.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BF5E37B405 for ; Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:14:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g3J0EQaD073756; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:14:26 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g3J0EPXv073755; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:14:25 +1200 (NZST) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:14:25 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: "David S. Jackson" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: smmsp error Message-ID: <20020419121425.A73703@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <20020418212909.GA15207@scee.dsj.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020418212909.GA15207@scee.dsj.net>; from deepbsd@earthlink.net on Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 05:29:09PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message