On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 12:39:28AM +0200, Ollivier Robert wrote:
> According to Sheldon Hearn:
> > 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.
Will ports adapt easily to this?
Having ports add their own users and groups is fairly trivial.
Using a single user:group could make some of the ports less standard
(eg. most of the world does not run qmail under user ``smtp'' or
group ``mail''). OTOH, I can see that having a common user:group
would be useful and make some things easier, too.
[I'm not saying I'm opposed; I'm asking if it really makes sense for
the ports to use a single mta user:group ... I know some authors
(<cough> djb, of qmail [in]famy) would probably try to prohibit us
from using a single user:group].
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