On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 11:49 +0100, Darren J Moffat wrote: .... > >>> Note that user will still need ejabberdctl(1M) for other > >>> administration tasks(ie., user management).
this implies that ejabberd has its own user database. Where is that user database stored and how is it protected? > > Note that ejabberd's initial configuration data are stored in config > > files under /etc/ejabberd, so even with above proposal, root user is > > still required for editting those config files(I suppose that is OK). > > Given the above I see no rationale for having an ejabberd user/role > instead of using the daemon account. who owns the ejabberd user database? - Bill