Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 07:31:32 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's Message-ID: <99Sep3.072952est.40327@border.alcanet.com.au>
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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> wrote: >I plan to add a user ``smtp'' with UID 25 and a member of group >``mail'', for use in running non-priveledged MTA's in FreeBSD. I'd support this. I think the GID should be 25 as well. David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> wrote: >I think the overall idea is good, though my tendency has been to use >somewhat higher numbers (like 65532 or 65533). I prefer 25 because it's mnemonic - since SMTP is on port 25. (And since commonality has been raised, it's worthwhile noting that Solaris refuses to accept UID's and GIDs muvh above 60000). > And I do it with sendmail. So do I. Warner Losh <imp@village.org> wrote: >postmanpete Maybe postmanpat - which isn't sexist, though the ANAL types[*] may have conniptions. :-) [*] As in `IANAL, but...'. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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