From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 11 15:03:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA01104 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 15:03:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de (root@zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de [130.83.63.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA01098 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 15:03:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [130.83.63.13] (apfel.zit.th-darmstadt.de [130.83.63.13]) by zit1.zit.th-darmstadt.de (8.7.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id AAA20910; Wed, 12 Jun 1996 00:02:52 +0200 (MET DST) X-Sender: michael@mail.zit.th-darmstadt.de Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <31BD6BCB.58AB@ime.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 00:02:26 +0200 To: tcg@ime.net From: Michael Beckmann Subject: Re: latest popper fails to build. Cc: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Why does it require a user though ? The previous version didn't, and >> as far as I am concerned, it's a security hole/violation to have >> a user you don't (really) need. >> > >I'm a newbie to unix, But It's my understanding that ALL >programs run under a user ID of some sort. > >Am I wrong? No, and popper 2.1 used to run under the ID of the user who gets the mail. I haven't tried popper 2.2 yet, but how should it be able to get a users mail from the mail file if it doesn't run under the respective user's ID ? So I don't see any obvious reason for the user pop either. Michael