Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:19:21 -0700 (MST) From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@esys.ca> To: Jimbo Bahooli <moke@fools.ecpnet.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail running non-root SUCCESS! Message-ID: <SIMEON.9701081421.B24412@cezanne.esys.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970107204204.1023A-100000@fools.ecpnet.com>
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On Tue, 7 Jan 1997 21:01:32 -0600 (CST) Jimbo Bahooli
<moke@fools.ecpnet.com> wrote:
> Other notes, i believe all .forward and related files need to be readable
> by the user daemon. I also recommend using tcp_wrappers for logging
> because in /var/log/maillog the relay will show up as localhost because of
> the redirection.
>
> Any comments?
If one were to deprecate ~/.forward in favour of /var/db/forward/$USER,
and write a forward(1) command to allow user manipulation of the files
in the new location then the above restriction would go away. (Use the
crontab(1) command as a model.)
--lyndon
Disco music makes it possible to have disco entertainment
centers. Disco entertainment centers make it possible for mellow,
laid-back, boring kinds of people to meet each other and reproduce.
--Frank Zappa
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