Subba Rao wrote:
> 
> The Qmail tar ball had the files owned by "root:other". After unpacking the tar 
>ball, I have
> the files owned by "root:bin".

You can change them if you wish. Some malicious user in the "other"
group could be a concern. Since I build on controlled machines I don't
bother. ./install sets permissions correctly in .e.g /var/qmail and
subdirectories.

> 
> Should I leave these files as they are OR change the ownership to root:root?
> Does the compile need all the accounts mentioned later in the HOWTO?

yes

> 
> Thanks you.
> 
> Subba Rao
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