Bug#298058: procmail: Please make suid root installation configurable

2005-03-04 Thread Martin Pitt
Package: procmail Version: 3.22-10 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi! Currently, procmail is installed as setuid root by default, which is unnecessary when using it with e. g. exim4 or postfix. Installing it setgid mail (and using the mail group only when necessary) is much safer and greatly limi

Bug#298058: procmail: Please make suid root installation configurable

2005-03-04 Thread Martin Pitt
Hi! Santiago Vila [2005-03-04 13:16 +0100]: > > Currently, procmail is installed as setuid root by default, which is > > unnecessary when using it with e. g. exim4 or postfix. Installing it > > setgid mail (and using the mail group only when necessary) is much > > safer and greatly limits the pote

Bug#298058: procmail: Please make suid root installation configurable

2005-03-04 Thread Santiago Vila
> > If you missed the last email in Bug#264011, please read it now. > > Sorry, I forgot about the previous bug and I could not find it in the > current bug list. > > For the record, I heavily disagree to your reasoning. You will help > people to lose mail (and much more) if you run programs as ro