procmail
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: sendmail + systemwide procmailrc and user procmailrcs

2000-09-08 16:18:01
"Colin J. Raven" wrote:
How would you prevent it from running with root privileges?

If using sendmail, appropriate flags on delivery agent notification
(see the "bat" book, 30.8.40 "F=S" flag, p.565).  A brief reading
suggests that you should ensure that 'S' is NOT set for your local
delivery agent (procmail?)

chown to nobody perhaps? I've dealt with user level procmailrc's (as part of

procmailrc(5) manpage suggests this variable:

       DROPPRIVS   If  set to `yes' procmail will drop all privi
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>