On Wed, 11 Nov 1998 01:26:32 +0100, "V. T. Mueller" wrote:
> Hm, ok. I first thought of doing it with exim:mail but then came
> across even more problems with directory access. The default
> is root:root which I'd like to avoid. So bin:mail isn't really
> better/more secure?
For the best answer, ask your operating system vendor this question.
Seriously. For FreeBSD, we're happy with exim running as bin:mail, which
coincides neatly with the ownership and permissions on /var/mail and
/var/log:
| [sheldonh@axl] ~ $ ls -ld /var/log /var/mail
| drwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 1024 Nov 11 02:06 /var/log
| drwxrwxr-x 2 bin mail 512 Oct 29 20:31 /var/mail
I mention asking your vendor because most of the answers you'll receive
from the membership of this list are likely to be influenced by the
"religion of administration" for their platform of choice.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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