From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 1 10:32: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from unix2.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (unix2.it-datacntr.louisville.edu [136.165.4.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8E8015392 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 10:31:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from k.stevenson@louisville.edu) Received: from homer.louisville.edu (ktstev01@homer.louisville.edu [136.165.1.20]) by unix2.it-datacntr.louisville.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA52156 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:31:15 -0400 Received: (from ktstev01@localhost) by homer.louisville.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA22917 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:31:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19990901133117.B19271@homer.louisville.edu> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:31:17 -0400 From: Keith Stevenson To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's References: <17825.936203586@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <17825.936203586@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 06:33:06PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 06:33:06PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I plan to add a user ``smtp'' with UID 25 and a member of group > ``mail'', for use in running non-priveledged MTA's in FreeBSD. This is > primarily for the convenience of maintainers of mail ports. > This sounds quite reasonable to me. We already have a precedent in the bind (uid=53) user. Regards, --Keith Stevenson-- -- Keith Stevenson System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville k.stevenson@louisville.edu PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message