Am Mo, den 16.08.2004 schrieb James Wilkinson um 18:37: > # For various security reasons, postfix WILL NOT deliver mail as root, so > # ensure that the root alias is aliased to a HUMAN user, as otherwise > # mail may get delivered to the $default_privs user (nobody). > > Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > Ok Samuel, this default setup of Postfix is new to me. Thanks for > > pointing this out. I will have to read the Postfix documentation to > > understand the "various security reasons". > The exception is the final delivery to the mailbox, which is done with > the rights of the owner of that mailbox. If that owner is root, then > obviously that *would* make the "local" program run as root. > James. Thanks James for your reply. Especially from the quoted paragraph I now understand well why it is "deliver mail _as_ root" and why it is forbidden. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.7-1.494.2.2smp Serendipity 18:47:21 up 12 days, 12:15, load average: 0.20, 0.62, 0.46
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