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Date:      Tue, 1 Jul 2003 09:09:18 +0100
From:      Dominic Marks <dom@cus.org.uk>
To:        daichi <daichi@ongs.co.jp>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/mail/dovecot pkg-install ports/mail/dovecot/files README.FreeBSD patch-dovecot-example.conf
Message-ID:  <20030701080918.GA69070@cus.org.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20030701132632.2a5fb593.daichi@ongs.co.jp>
References:  <200306301406.h5UE6Zdd013151@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030630211935.GA71572@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030630220229.GA58820@cus.org.uk> <20030701001754.GA72598@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030701132632.2a5fb593.daichi@ongs.co.jp>

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On 01/07/2003 13:26, daichi wrote:
> > > I'm a little confused. Does this apply for users and groups were the
> > > actual numbers don't matter ? In Dovecot the extra user is just used
> > > as a seperate identity to partition login, authentication and active
> > > users securely. Or do should all users and groups which are going to
> > > be added by a port by listed in the Porters Handbook. The handbook
> > > itself seems to suggest the former.
> > 
> > So there is nothing in the port or package that hard-codes the value
> > of the uid at compile or package-time, for example files owned by the
> > dovecot user?
> > 
> > If not, it's probably OK.
> 
> I think there is not uid/gid hard-code in dovecot ports.

There isn't.

> --
>   Daichi GOTO, http://people.freebsd.org/~daichi

Thanks,
-- 
Dominic
 <dom at cus.org.uk> <dominic.marks at npl.co.uk>



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