Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [PATCH] Single user linux | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 15:37:34 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > It is possible to implement the entire mail system without anything running > > as root but xinetd. > > You want an MDA with elevated privileges, though...
What role requires priviledge once the port is open ?
DNS lookup does not Spooling to disk does not Accepting a connection from a client does not Doing peercred auth with a client does not Copying spool articles matching the peercred to the client does not
Alan
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