> I don't know much about exim's guts, but is there a point in starting it > as "mail" if it's SUID root? > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 466308 sie 15 01:13 /usr/sbin/exim
There is a "small" point of binding to port 25. Only root can do that. I have not looked at exim's code, but if run as a stand-alone daemon (i.e. not from inetd), I would guess it just opens the port as root and drops the priviledges right away. Someone who knows the code might want to confirm/rebuke this. On the other hand, if exim is run from inetd (as I do), does it still need to be suid root? Since inetd runs root anyway, there should be no need for exim to: the port is already bound when exim starts and exim will not be able to bind to it anyway. Just wondering if I should do some dpkg-statoverrides. -- ----------------------------------------------- | Juha Jäykkä, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | home: http://www.utu.fi/~juolja/ | ----------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]