On 11-09-2001 01:59 am, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I recommend against setting fethcmail in daemon mode. My exprience > > is that it can stop functioning after a while. Instead run from > > cron. > > > I'm trying daemon mode now, with a single system-wide fetchmail handling > everyone's incoming mail. So far so good, but it's only been a few > hours. We'll see. > > Now, if I want my system-wide fetchmail to run in a non-root account, > what do I have to do? I assume I should create a user named 'fetchmail' > that is a member of the mail group (is that necessary?), and has > /bin/false for its shell since no one will ever login to it. Then I > suppose /etc/fetchmailrc and /etc/defaults/fetchmail would have to be > owned by the fetchmail account so it can read them? Are there any other > requirements? > > Craig
If you're just wanting to user fetchmail as non-root or fetchmail to non-root user using non-root uid it is trivial; just configure fetchmail with user(s) you want to use. And run fetchmail using that user id too. Configuration file will be created to that users home directory. Any user created by adduser command should work with fetchmail. I of course don't know how tight your system is, but as a defaul,t fetchmail should be usable by *anyone*. Of course you can limit rights or change this by using chmod, chgrp and chown commands to /usr/bin/fetchmail I'm not sure is there big use disabling login with the user, but that's your call if you think it is necessary. I haven't done it because I sometimes may want to log remotely to change fetchmail settings; I just don't happen believe ability to log invidual accounts makes me more vulnerable. If there is one such account , I think there can be few more without they would make a real diffrence. Anyway unless you plan to use server as a root only from the server directly, I think you need atleast one such user who can log in. Then if you want to deliver mail to other accounts or even other email address, just create to that users home directory a .forward file that states to which email addresses, separated by comma, all mail will be delivered. Works for me. Antti
