On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 10:45:24PM +1000, Paul Haesler wrote:
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> 2001-11-21 22:41:42 166Vl8-00017q-00 Unable to get root to set
> uid and gid for local delivery to paul: uid
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 10:45:24PM +1000, Paul Haesler wrote:
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> [paul@marge sbin]> 2001-11-21 22:41:42 166Vl8-00017q-00 <=
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] U=paul P=local S=327
> 2001-11-21 22:41:42 166Vl8-00017q-00 Unable to get root to set
> uid and gid for local delivery to paul: uid=1000
> > mail's priviledges so giving mail access to any necessary
> > directories is enough for exim to function - unless there are issues
> > with the permissions of /var/spool/mail/ > username here>. Now another question: are there?
>
> As long as /var/spool/mail/* is writable/owned by the 'mail' us
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:56:53PM +0200, Juha J?ykk? wrote:
> >> On the other hand, if exim is run from inetd (as I do), does it
> >> still need to be suid root? Since inetd runs root anyway, there should
> bit from exim. Now my original question was: does it (exim) still need
> to be suid root?
>> On the other hand, if exim is run from inetd (as I do), does it
>> still need to be suid root? Since inetd runs root anyway, there should
> well this is not a problem. (x)inet works by using stdin/stdout rather than
> network ports. This is why you have to tell whatever service you are
> sup
> > mail's priviledges so giving mail access to any necessary
> > directories is enough for exim to function - unless there are issues
> > with the permissions of /var/spool/mail/ > username here>. Now another question: are there?
>
> As long as /var/spool/mail/* is writable/owned by the 'mail' u
On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 12:56:53PM +0200, Juha J?ykk? wrote:
> >> On the other hand, if exim is run from inetd (as I do), does it
> >> still need to be suid root? Since inetd runs root anyway, there should
> bit from exim. Now my original question was: does it (exim) still need
> to be suid root
>> On the other hand, if exim is run from inetd (as I do), does it
>> still need to be suid root? Since inetd runs root anyway, there should
> well this is not a problem. (x)inet works by using stdin/stdout rather than
> network ports. This is why you have to tell whatever service you are
> su
Juha J?ykk? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> There is a "small" point of binding to port 25. Only root can do
> that. I have not looked at exim's code, but if run as a stand-alone
> daemon (i.e. not from inetd), I would guess it just opens the port as
> root and drops the priviledges right away. Some
Juha J?ykk? [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>
> There is a "small" point of binding to port 25. Only root can do
> that. I have not looked at exim's code, but if run as a stand-alone
> daemon (i.e. not from inetd), I would guess it just opens the port as
> root and drops the priviledges right away. S
> I don't know much about exim's guts, but is there a point in starting it
> as "mail" if it's SUID root?
> -rwsr-xr-x1 root root 466308 sie 15 01:13 /usr/sbin/exim
There is a "small" point of binding to port 25. Only root can do
that. I have not looked at exim's code, but if run a
> I don't know much about exim's guts, but is there a point in starting it
> as "mail" if it's SUID root?
> -rwsr-xr-x1 root root 466308 sie 15 01:13 /usr/sbin/exim
There is a "small" point of binding to port 25. Only root can do
that. I have not looked at exim's code, but if run
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 03:02:30PM +1000, Paul Haesler wrote:
> > it is a Good Thing to have an MTA which does not run as
> > root. I found the argument persuasive, and happily installed postifx.
> > I do miss one thing from exim, however.
>
> Default debian installation of exim runs as mail:
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 03:02:30PM +1000, Paul Haesler wrote:
> > it is a Good Thing to have an MTA which does not run as
> > root. I found the argument persuasive, and happily installed postifx.
> > I do miss one thing from exim, however.
>
> Default debian installation of exim runs as mail:
> it is a Good Thing to have an MTA which does not run as
> root. I found the argument persuasive, and happily installed postifx.
> I do miss one thing from exim, however.
Default debian installation of exim runs as mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] procmail]> grep exim /etc/inetd.conf
smtp
t now.
Anyway, in one of the later chapters there is a discussion of MTAs, and it
mentions that it is a Good Thing to have an MTA which does not run as root. I
found the argument persuasive, and happily installed postifx.
I do miss one thing from exim, however. Is there any way with postfix
> it is a Good Thing to have an MTA which does not run as
> root. I found the argument persuasive, and happily installed postifx.
> I do miss one thing from exim, however.
Default debian installation of exim runs as mail:
[paul@marge procmail]> grep exim /etc/inetd.conf
smtpstrea
t now.
Anyway, in one of the later chapters there is a discussion of MTAs, and it
mentions that it is a Good Thing to have an MTA which does not run as root. I
found the argument persuasive, and happily installed postifx.
I do miss one thing from exim, however. Is there any way with postfix
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