I see what your saying.. I use sudo for most of my root tasks. But So the
second option would be ok then.
Later,
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Hazel" <ph10@???>
To: "Brian K. West" <brian@???>
Cc: <exim-users@???>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Exim] Configuration data that is sensitive
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Brian K. West wrote:
>
> > I am inclined to say limit it to root only. Anyone else shouldn't
have
> > a use for this option. I could give out additional info that is not
needed
> > by a normal user. But I am paranoid as hell.
>
> I think there are some arguably legitimate uses. I wouldn't restrict it
> to root; I'm all for admin users doing their job with as little root
> access as necessary.
>
> One legitimate use is the exicyclog script, which uses it to find where
> the logs are. This does not have to be run as root.
>
> --
> Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
> ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
>
>
>
