On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 15:41:44 -0600 Jerry Malcolm wrote: > On 11/23/2019 3:24 PM, RW wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Nov 2019 13:07:02 -0600
> > In the latter case you start spamd with '-u spamd'. It typically > > starts as root and drops privileges after binding to the default > > port. If you don't need that low port you can start it directly as > > the unprivileged user, but you still need '-u spamd'. > I'm not sure what you mean by 'need that low port'. I was just using > the default port 783. Are you saying that if I add -u spamd I am not > going to be able to use that port? No, I saying that if you make it start directly as the user spamd, rather than let it start as root and drop to spamd, it wont be able to to use a port under 1024. > I can change the > port if necessary. You don't need to do that.
