On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, James Duncan Davidson wrote: > By changing their id after they launch as root. setuid. Pretty common > thing to do. See man setuid.
With qmail it's even more separated. There's a small program that opens the port and then drops root. The smtpd itself never has any special access. The qmail mail system is one of the most beautiful pieces of software around; making another mail system without looking at qmail carefully is silly. - ask -- http://www.askbjoernhansen.com/ - http://develooper.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
