Marc Haber writes: >On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:26:01PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: >> >> I never did understand: what was the problem with "mail"? > >First, installing exim4 would probably re-use the account "mail" which >might be assigned to a user. This might grant excessive rights to that >user (for example, access rights to the mail queue). > >Second, purging exim4 in such a situation could lead to all files >belonging to that user to be deleted.
Do you actually have any evidence that this has caused problems? Exim 3 in woody used the "mail" user just fine for most people... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I suspect most samba developers are already technically insane... Of course, since many of them are Australians, you can't tell." -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
