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Why does Exim run as root? Of course it needs to bind to low numbered ports, but why can't it drop privileges after doing that?
by bellpepper 7y ago
Why does Exim run as root? Of course it needs to bind to low numbered ports, but why can't it drop privileges after doing that?
- tmikaeld 7y agoI asked this myself more than 10 years ago and then switched to Postfix because it runs chrooted as it's own user, same with Dovecot. I never managed to find a good reason as to why it cannot be chrooted.