http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4086
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-02-07 11:29 ------- Subject: Re: When run as nobody, child processess get root privileges On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 11:11:00AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, there's a different issue here; if I recall correctly, spamd's > children run as ruid=root euid=root when they're *not* processing a message, > so > that they can switch to other users' UIDs during a scan. IIRC, in 3.0, if -u is given on the commandline, that should be the user used for parent and children. In 3.1, the parent will always be root, and the children will be the -u user. (this is to standardize our behavior with the rest of the world, and allow things like HUP to actually work...) ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee.
