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[Simon Matter]

Luca Olivetti schrieb:
> 
> Simon Matter wrote:
> 
> > Most postfix RPM packages I have seen, including my own, let postfix
> > have it's own uid and gid (89) and group postdrop (90). In addition to
> > the own group they make postfix also a member of group mail.
> 
> But redhat doesn't include postfix (last I checked it was available only

It is included since RH 7.3.

> in contribs), while in mandrake is the default MTA, and in mandrake's
> standard package there's user postfix, group postfix, with no additional
> groups.
> It's simply a matter to add postfix to group mail or, if you're more
> paranoid about security, put the lmpt socket in a separate directory
> owned by cyrus and group postfix.

That's what the mail group is good for. It's easier to have one common
group than having several user/group combinations. Of course, it's not
for the paranoid :)

Simon

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