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The real question is why the fuck does mail delivery need to happen as root in the first place? On OpenBSD, mailboxes are mode 600. So, only root can write to
by boring_twenties 7y ago
The real question is why the fuck does mail delivery need to happen as root in the first place?
On OpenBSD, mailboxes are mode 600. So, only root can write to them. On Debian with exim4, they are mode 660 -- writable by group "mail." So the MDA only needs to run as group mail, not user root.
Is there some reason why OpenBSD is not doing the same thing?