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Subject:    Re: [Re: Root gid change to zero, and SMTP uid of 0, gid of 0]
From:       "Michael G. Gaughan" <mikeg28 () attglobal ! net>
Date:       2000-07-29 3:04:30
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I see the smtp (0) user on our 2.6 systems, but the account does not appear on our Solaris 8
systems.

Joseph Walters wrote:

>      That is not the case.  Solaris 2.6 and up do install an smtp user as uid
> 0.  The group is set up properly as 6.  I have always just removed the account
> because it is not needed for sendmail to run.  You can change the UID to 6.
>      As for changing the GID of root to 0, I also do not see any problem with
> that.  Root's GID will really not have too much impact because it's UID is
> checked first for permissioning.
>
> Joseph J. Walters
> System Engineer
>
> Steve Alligood <salligood@ATL.MEDIAONE.NET> wrote:
> um.
>
> As far as I know, there is no smtp user in a default solaris setup, and no
> account other than root should have uid of 0.  Either you have been hacked
> or someone local has created themselves a root account.
>
> ya might wanna check into that.
>
> At 02:34 PM 7/27/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Anyone know why the smtp account has a uid and gid of 0 under Solaris
> >2.x?
> >
> >Also, are there any problems with changing root's primary group from
> >other (gid=1) to root (gid=0)?
> >
> >I am customizing the Titan scripts (http://www.fish.com/titan) to our
> >environment (security policies) and need to identify potential problems.
> >
> >Thanks,
>
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Michael Gaughan
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