--On Wednesday, November 06, 2002 6:34 PM +0100 Gennaro Esposito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ERR[AUTH] Access is blocked for UIDs below 10 > It's clear, for me, what it means (root is, obviusly, UID 0) but I'm very > surprised 'cause nowhere in the manual nor in the FAQ I've seen anythig > about this behaviour. How can I circunvent/resolve the "problem"? I don't remember where this rule is imposed, but it's a Good Idea. Use /etc/aliases to forward root's mail to a mortal and read it via that mortal. Qpopper and other services will drop priviliges and "become" the user connecting once a password is processed. Allowing root to pop means that all the code after the normal qpopper identity change is now run as root instead of a mortal, and any overlooked security vulnerability in that code can be exploited as root.
