Hi folks,

I can think of two applications that offer smtp daemon services and like
to run under their own uid -- postfix and exim.

While I appreciate that Mr Bresler's import of postfix into the base
system was shot down fair and square (or perhaps just square, don't go
there), it does seem a pity that the user and group ids that he proposed
to add didn't make it.

There is already a precedent in the realm of creating users for
applications that aren't distributed with the base system -- pop (uid
68).

I couldn't give a sideways ____ at a rolling doughnut what the actual
name of the uid and gid are -- mta, mail, smtp, billsux, whatever. All I
want is a username that the exim port (and other ports, once there's a
trend) can assume will be present on the box.

PLEASE NOTE: I'm not interested in folks' opinions on this. I don't want
to have a discussion. I just want the uid and gid committed. I'll take
no comment as objection enough if nobody wants to commit this. Anything
else is just going to be more noise on a noisy list. :-)

Thanks,
Sheldon.


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