On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 09:48:09AM +0200, Robert Sander wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 06:19:46AM -0000, Russell Nelson wrote:
> > It's *always* a mistake for an alias to match a real user's name.
>
> No, I do not think so. It is even impossible to determine all the aliases at
> startup, because the underlying system is a "living" one. And in ~alias
> there may exist .qmail-user entries for existing users. They are used when
> the homedir of the user is not accessible.
Russell is stating that it is always a mistake for an alias to match a real
user. Russell is not stating qmail should do this, he just throws this
observation in to enhance his point.
He's not saying (and I don't think he would :) that it's feasible to check
that at startup.
For the 'unaccessible homedir' part: you have a good point, but
users/assign is really a much better solution for that.
Greetz, Peter.
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