Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 19:44:18 +1100 From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@esys.ca> Cc: Jimbo Bahooli <moke@fools.ecpnet.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail running non-root SUCCESS! Message-ID: <199701090844.TAA01064@nemeton.com.au> In-Reply-To: <SIMEON.9701081421.B24412@cezanne.esys.ca>
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:19:21 -0700 (MST) Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > 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 Unfortunately, wrong. The .forward files contain references to programs that have to be run as the user, not as daemon or sendmail or any other user. Mailing to programs is evil, but it is how you get things like procmail and vacation to work. Giles
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