Re: root and mail

To: Scott Schwartz <schwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: root and mail
From: Gordan <gbo2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 21:58:17 +0000
Cc: "djb-qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <djb-qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Scott Schwartz wrote:
> 
> Speaking of security.... Why would anyone *have* a uid 0 account named
> "me"?  (Is that a NeXT machine?) You certainly don't want to be logged
> in and routinely working like that.  Most people use su or runas or
> sudo or somesuch to perform system maintainance from a real account.

Now, come on, Scott. Where's your adventurous spirit? ;)

Yes I see the point of what you are saying. I'll put my "me" account
into the "users" group from the "root". Oh, well, I guess I can live
with no root mail. :(

BTW, it's a Linux machine.

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Re: root and mail

From: Scott Schwartz <schwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>