Adam Chlipala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael Olson wrote:
>> This I'm not very happy about.  Is there some way for the server to
>> call procmail with some "subset" of the user's token and the mail
>> delivery token, so that one user could not write to another user's
>> mail directory?
>>
>> Though come to think of it, the same problem probably exists (if I
>> understand it correctly) on normal procmail installations as well, so
>> we wouldn't actually be taking a step backwards.  Still, it's a
>> concern.
>
> Is it really true that our current Exim set-up (on fyodor) allows
> users to run programs with more privileges than they would normally
> be able to?  If so, I wasn't aware of that at all, and it violates
> our basic policy about never letting a user run a program as any user
> but his own, through direct or indirect means.

I'm guessing it changes to the appropriate uid before attempting to do 
anything, so it should be safe.

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