[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > After some consideration and a little effort with using sqwebmail with > userdb for authentication I finally got it running perfectly without being > root. > What I want to know is if it is necessary to run sqwebmail as root (and if > it is necessary, why is it necessary) if you use the different > authentication methods sqwebmail supports. > This is coming from the standpoint that nothing you run should be run as > root.
If you can finagle the code into running as non-root, then more power to you. However, it is simply not realistic to expect everyone to be able to jump through this many hoops. There's always going to be an option to use sqwebmail with plain, garden-variety, system accounts, because this is the most simple possible setup, that does not have any dependencies on any additional libraries or software. Almost anyone can set up this simple configuration. -- Sam
