Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 20:34:07 -0400 From: Keith Stevenson <k.stevenson@louisville.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <19990901203407.A3289@homer.louisville.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011512340.34048-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com>; from Doug on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 03:16:48PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909012253520.7489-100000@heidi.plazza.it> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909011512340.34048-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com>
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On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 03:16:48PM -0700, Doug wrote: > > It's not a stupid question at all. There is already such a utility > in the majordomo port, perhaps make this its own port and add that as a > dependency? We've already been told that postfix (one of the favorite > replacement MTA's for our crowd) uses a different name and group, so this > proposed change won't help it at all. Postfix doesn't care what the userid/uid and group name/gid are. Calling the user "postfix" just appears to be a common convention, therefore the proposed smtp user would address postfix's needs. Qmail, as has already been pointed out, is a very different story. 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
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