On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 11:40:20PM -0600, Bill Shupp wrote: > On Wednesday, November 28, 2001, at 10:15 PM, Mate Wierdl wrote: > > > Suppose my tcprules file for smtpd is in a directory writable only to > > root and I want roaming users. Do not I have to run a tcpserver-like > > program that launches imapd or popd as root? > > Right. But you don't have to run them as root unless you are delivering > to multiple /etc/passwd users. If you only deliver do vpopmail users, > put open-smtp and tcp.smtp in ~vpopmail/etc and keep them owned by > vpopmail.vchkpw, and all will be well.
How do I have control over where open-smtp is put? Is not it put in dirname of the tcprules file? Also, why is it bad to run tcpserver (for pop) as root? Mate
