If it can service everyone as a single non-root process, that's great. I was under
the impression that it would only do that under root, but then I only skimmed the docs
and the example I saw was a root based config.
If it can do all that you need as non-root, then yes, that is the better choice, I
agree.
On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 01:52:52PM -0600, Jeff Smelser wrote:
> > Running as root is actually a special case recognized by fetchmail where it will
> > service remote pop accounts for all users and follow a mappings file to deliver
> > them locally.
> >
> > Otherwise, you have dozens of daemons doing the same thing, but for different
>users.
>
> Really? read the docs, again. I have mine doing the same thing as user
> mailadmin. HE has no privs.
>
> Jeff
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