quick poppassd question

[Wolfpaw - Dale Corse]

I figured that would be a given :P I think we were discussing
default..? (I assumed so.. my bad)

D.
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Dale Corse
System Administrator
Wolfpaw Services Inc.
http://www.wolfpaw.net
(780) 474-4095

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Scott Lambert
> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 10:44 AM
> To: isp at freebsd.org; security at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: quick poppassd question
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 10:50:38AM -0600, Wolfpaw - Dale 
> Corse wrote:
> > > Perhaps someone can shed more light on the subject, but it's my
> > > impression that most system process run with a UID/GID
> > > under 100.  So a
> > > uid < 100 should deny the change request.
> > 
> > Perhaps, though the trend is running most things as non-priv
> > users, because it minimizes the damage to the server if a
> > process is compromised. Generally "non-system" accounts seem
> > to start at 1000 (BSD, and most Linux), or 500 (notably Redhat)
> > so.. you may want to use 500 as the magic number for portability
> > reasons.
> 
> Make it configurable!!!  Set a default but don't make hard coded
> assumptions about someone else's systems.  On FreeBSD, the default
> should probably be 1000.
> 
> make NON_SYSTEM_ACCT_START=4321
> 
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