[Sunhelp] smtp in passwd file?

[Ramji Venkateswaran]

Eric Williams <ewilliams at wesleyan.edu> writes:

> Solaris 2.5.1
> 
> Is there supposed to be an entry in /etc/passwd for smtp? If so is 
> the UID supposed to be 0 (ie. root)? This seems to be a security 
> issure or am I just paranoid. I see it on lots, but not all, machines 
> here running 2.5.1.
>

bash$ grep smtp /etc/passwd
smtp:x:0:0:mail-daemon-user:/:
bash$ 

bash$ uname -a
SunOS qsparc20 5.5.1 Generic_103640-06 sun4m sparc sun4m
bash$


Eugch. Grim. This must be some horrific sendmailism.
Go get exim from www.exim.org and install that, then get rid of this
horrible sendmail malarky. It is truly evil.

Ramji

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