> On 08/26/2014 12:11 AM, li...@rhsoft.net wrote:
> Am 26.08.2014 um 00:04 schrieb Martin Vegter:

>> I have turned off chroot for smtp and now it works.
>> But that is not an optimal solution. I would like to keep chrooted smtp.
> 
> why?
> 
> you need to have a good reason besides "i want chroot" watching that
> list over years i faced only problems caused by that default setting
> in some distributions while the upstream developer = list owner
> would for sure set it as default if he thinks it is a good idea

well, smtp is chrooted by default in my distribution (Debian Wheezy)

As I understand it, chrooted smtp is a good thing. Should smtp be
compromised in any way, the damage would be limited to
/var/spool/postfix/etc

Are there any reasons against using chrooted smtp ?

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