Charles Galpin wrote:
> > Rick Knebel wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Does anyone know if there is a way to run fetchmail as root and use it to
> > > get different users mail from an ISP?
> > > I want to start fetchamil as root and have a different line for each user.
> > >
> Just wanted to add that it should not be necessary to run this as root,
> and in fact better to run it as a regular user.
Yes, but only if all the retrieval authentication info (usernames,
passwords) are in a fetchmailrc readable by the user running the script.
Normally only a sysadmin has access to other users' authentication info. Of
course you can do as you like, but I like to keep these roles separate.
Tony
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