Security and another survey question (was Re: [Mimedefang] clamd is not responding?)

[Rob MacGregor]

>From: "David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
>
>Another survey question: Currently, mimedefang and
>mimedefang-multiplexor complain if you run them as root.  Who votes
>for having them refuse completely to run as root in the next release?

That mostly gets my vote, certainly a default to running as another user.  
Maybe something in the install script to do all the hard work, or at least 
check that the configured user exists?

>Does anyone have a scenario which requires MD to run as root?

Just possibly for debugging/testing.  However I'd say that if it's run as 
root it runs in debugging mode, ie all output also to STDERR and it won't 
detach from the terminal.  Maybe like some programs it would also exit after 
processing a single message in that configuration.


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