" also sprach kbo:
" > Peter Green wrote:
" > > also sprach wuebben:
" > > > If so, why is this so? It makes assembling RPM packages much harder.
" > >
" > > qmail does the same thing for the same reason, I think: security. However,
" > > there are ways of getting around this when packaging RPMs. Easiest might be
" > > patching vpopmail to get uid/gid from a file (directory is much harder) and
" > > see if Ken will incorporate it. Otherwise, provide the patch with the RPM
" > > and apply it first thing after unpacking the tarball.
" > >
" > > RPMs (as well as .deb's) have had to deal with this for some time with
" > > qmail; it's tricky, but not impossible.
" >
" > Two reasons:
" > 1) security
" >
" > 2) efficency: it removes the need to do a file I/O to get the UID/GID.
"
" Ah yes, the patch to qmail to break the uids into files works with daemons,
" IIRC. Thus, the file I/O is done once: at startup.
"
" It would make sense why this model would be less-than-optimal for vpopmail,
" as the file I/O would be incurred with *every* *delivery*. Yuck.
Yup. Tests would have to show how bad the behaviour when this additional
io operation is performed.
"
" > There is an alternative to building an RPM with precompiled UID/GID.
" > Pick a infrequently used uid/gid and compile those in. Then have
" > the RPM check for the uid/gid before installing and print an error
" > if it finds them. Best of both worlds
"
" Except that it's a fairly significant *hack*, more than an elegant solution.
" I think compiling in the uid/gid is acceptable.
Yup, but as I said in my last mail, I really need automated installation
via RPM.
Later,
Markus
"
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