Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 11:34:34 -0500 From: Pete Fritchman <petef@FreeBSD.org> To: Troy Settle <troy@psknet.com> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: quick poppassd question Message-ID: <20030602163434.GB33375@absolutbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <001b01c3291e$80b3ca90$23fbab3f@psknet.com> References: <1054567925.17084.7.camel@xyzzy.wireless.snsonline.net> <001b01c3291e$80b3ca90$23fbab3f@psknet.com>
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++ 02/06/03 11:49 -0400 - Troy Settle: | Perhaps someone can shed more light on the subject, but it's my | impression that most system process run with a UID/GID under 100. So a | uid < 100 should deny the change request. UIDs up to and including 999 are reserved for system use. For example, see this section in the porters handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/dads-uid.html --pete
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