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List:       sqwebmail
Subject:    Re: [sqwebmail] SqWebMail Setuid Root question
From:       Petri Riihikallio <Petri.Riihikallio () Metis ! fi>
Date:       2003-10-23 19:17:20
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>On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 09:01:23AM -0700, Sagara Wijetunga wrote:
>>  If the SqWebMail is run as a particular user and
>>  maildirs are owned by that user, to validate passwords
>>  from a SQL database, is it still necessary the
>>  SqWebMail to be installed as a setuid root program?
>
>No, it can be run setuid that user instead. I've had it running that way
>with an LDAP backend. You need to chown the authdaemond socket to that user
>as well.

And you need to set --with-chacheowner=vmail or whatever.
-- 
Cheers,
Petri

Metis / Petri Riihikallio
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