Re: Proposal: Add generic username for 3rd-party MTA's

[David Wolfskill]

>From: Sheldon Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 18:33:06 +0200

>I plan to add a user ``smtp'' with UID 25 and a member of group
>``mail'', for use in running non-priveledged MTA's in FreeBSD. This is
>primarily for the convenience of maintainers of mail ports.

>...

>This has nothing to do with what's in the base system. This has to do
>with making it easier for people to run 3rd-party software, which isn't
>part of the base system, in a non-priveledged state.

I think the overall idea is good, though my tendency has been to use
somewhat higher numbers (like 65532 or 65533).  And I do it with
sendmail.

At least in the case of sendmail, the queue directories should be owned
by the user in question (especially if they're mode 0700).

Cheers,
david
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