> > I don't think it is reasonable. > > > > First of all there shouldn't be a case where the permissions needs to be > > fixed in the first place, if something hits queue with wrong permissions > > there is something really worrying that shouldn't be fixed without admin > > deciding to do so. > > > > Then, we have changed permissions only twice in about 9 years of smtpd. > > Both times we only required a one-time fix, kind of a flag day, to make > > the transition and never hear about it again. It doesn't make sense for > > me to add code that will stay in the daemon to cope with events as rare > > as these, particularly now that queue has the privileges we want and is > > not likely to see changes any time soon. > > Right. > > We never promised that "upgrade to snapshot" or "make build new source" > would be 100.000% equiv to a fresh install. > > Nor should we make the tools "repair" misconfigurations of that type. > >
Agreed and understood, question therewith retracted. Thank you, gentlemen.
