Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:58:26 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@DougBarton.net> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New sendmail users (was Re: HEADS UP: Apache port change from nobody:nogroup to www:www planned) Message-ID: <3BCF3462.98C02755@DougBarton.net> References: <29611.1003411145@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <xzpofn5dqqk.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <15311.1383.814782.672622@horsey.gshapiro.net> <3BCF1A60.13C78B28@DougBarton.net> <15311.6913.618332.163251@horsey.gshapiro.net> <xzpvghcbvry.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
>
> Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.ORG> writes:
> > I'd worry about the confusion of calling it smtp given that user is not
> > used by the SMTP server (the sendmail daemon), it is used by the MSP (mail
> > submission program), i.e., when users/programs run sendmail from the
> > command line for initial submission of the mail. Calling it 'smtp' may
> > lead people to believe the SMTP daemon uses it.
>
> If it's used for the submission client, then use UID 587 and call it
> something else
Yeah, sorry... I guess I misunderstood. If it's not going to be the uid
of the smtp daemon, then yes, I agree with des.
> ("submit", for instance, as "submission" would be too
> long).
We can have usernames <= 16 characters on 4.x and over, so submission
would be my first choice, to match the service name. Otherwise, the
original proposition of smmsp works fine. And since you won't be using
uid 25 for the first one, how about 65533 for the nullmail user? That's
(uid of nobody) - 1 for those keeping score at home.
Promising to pay more attention in the future...
Doug
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