Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:56:48 -0600 From: "Wolfpaw - Dale Corse" <admin-lists@wolfpaw.net> To: "Pete Fritchman" <petef@FreeBSD.org>, "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: RE: quick poppassd question Message-ID: <AJENJFOLCLAHHIIGCCHNCEAHGMAA.admin-lists@wolfpaw.net> In-Reply-To: <20030602163434.GB33375@absolutbsd.org>
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In freebsd.. and most other things.. but some *cough* large corporate linux distro's *cough*redhat*cough* ignore such defaco standards.. we must consider portability especially if the patch will be submitted for integration into the package..no? :) D. -------------------------------- Dale Corse System Administrator Wolfpaw Services Inc. http://www.wolfpaw.net (780) 474-4095 > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Fritchman [mailto:petef@FreeBSD.org] > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:35 AM > To: Troy Settle > Cc: 'Mark Sergeant'; 'Wolfpaw - Dale Corse'; 'Support'; > isp@freebsd.org; > security@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: quick poppassd question > > > ++ 02/06/03 11:49 -0400 - Troy Settle: > | Perhaps someone can shed more light on the subject, but it's my > | impression that most system process run with a UID/GID > under 100. So a > | uid < 100 should deny the change request. > > UIDs up to and including 999 are reserved for system use. > For example, > see this section in the porters handbook: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-han > dbook/dads-uid.html > > --pete > >
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