Re: [fetchmail-users] Running fetchmail as root for all users

[Michelle K. <lin...@fr...>]

Am 2006-07-06 08:20:49, schrieb Rob MacGregor:
> On 7/6/06, Stephen Allen <fet...@ro...> wrote:
> >The subject may be a little misleading... in my scenario we have 10 ISP
> >POP3 accounts that map to 8 local users.  The way I set it up a few
> >years ago was fetchmail running as root and collecting mail for all POP3
> >accounts.  I've since discovered that fetchmail is normally run on a
> >per-user basis.
> >
> >Given that the users never log in to a shell, what is the best
> >configuration in my case?  Are there pros/cons of doing it either way?
> 
> There is no need, unless you're passing email directly to a non-SUID
> MDA, to run fetchmail as root.  Indeed, future versions of fetchmail
> will refuse to run as root.  I haven't run fetchmail as root since
> before 6.0 was released and have not had any problems.
> 
> Simply run it as a standard user (say "fetchmail") and have it pass
> email to your MTA.

And if there is no "real" MTA (we use ssmtp) ?  I have tried the setup
as user "fetchmail" and I can not deliver to the other around 180 users.

Sorry for the late question, but I was some month not availlable and
came back from Palestine for 3 weeks (after 8 days prison illegal).

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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