Michael Carmack writes: >> Are these permissions correct? >> ls -l auth* >> -r-xr-xr-x 1 courier courier 54430 Apr 3 05:52 authend >> -r-sr-x--- 1 root courier 128415 Apr 3 05:52 authstart > > > Here's mine, for whatever it's worth. As an aside, does authstart need to > be suid root? I've never noticed any problems with the permissions as shown > below, but maybe I'm not using something that you are. > > -r-xr-x--- 1 courier courier 20k Feb 16 12:34 addcr* > -r-xr-xr-x 1 courier courier 39k Feb 16 12:34 authend* > -r-xr-x--- 1 courier courier 105k Feb 16 12:34 authstart*
You're either not using authenticated ESMTP or you're running the entire esmtpd daemon as root (less likely, since the default startup script tells couriertcpd to drop root immediately after grabbing port 25. authstart needs root to be able to validate system passwords for authenticated ESMTP. -- Sam _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users