Re: rpm packaging bug - smtpd user created with shell not /bin/false

[email protected] (Robert Spier)
Newsgroups perl.qpsmtpd
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Fix committed as 9348539ed7aa03b438905f953771db14fcb4c1ea

Once again, a patch would have been great.

I haven't tested this, so any RPM users, please do.

-R

Charlie Brady wrote:
> 
> 
> http://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6025
> 
> if ! id smtpd >/dev/null 2>&1
> then
>     # need to create smtpd user.
>     if perl -e 'exit ! defined(getgrnam("postdrop"))'
>     then
>     # if postfix is installed, we will probably use
>     # queue/postfix, which will need this:
>         supp="-G postdrop"
>     fi
>     useradd -r -m $supp smtpd
> fi
> 
> qpsmtpd needs a user "smtpd", but should not create a home directory or 
> give access to a shell.
> 
>
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