75 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-usersRe: [courier-users] Courier RPM's Please| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| M.B. | Feb 15, 2002 8:25 pm | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 15, 2002 9:00 pm | |
| Juha Saarinen | Feb 15, 2002 9:13 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 12:37 am | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 12:51 am | |
| Juha Saarinen | Feb 16, 2002 1:34 am | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 1:37 am | |
| Juha Saarinen | Feb 16, 2002 1:41 am | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 2:28 am | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 2:30 am | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 16, 2002 6:38 am | |
| William Rowden | Feb 16, 2002 9:31 am | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 4:05 pm | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 16, 2002 4:39 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 7:11 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 7:29 pm | |
| Tucker | Feb 16, 2002 7:42 pm | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 16, 2002 7:49 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 7:55 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 16, 2002 7:57 pm | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 16, 2002 8:06 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 8:57 am | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 9:02 am | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 10:23 am | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 17, 2002 12:32 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 3:23 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 3:53 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 7:53 pm | |
| Juha Saarinen | Feb 17, 2002 8:09 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 8:28 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 8:44 pm | |
| David M. Stowell | Feb 17, 2002 9:07 pm | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 17, 2002 9:19 pm | |
| Juha Saarinen | Feb 17, 2002 10:21 pm | |
| Juha Saarinen | Feb 17, 2002 10:24 pm | |
| David M. Stowell | Feb 17, 2002 10:29 pm | |
| David M. Stowell | Feb 17, 2002 10:32 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 11:17 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 17, 2002 11:22 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 18, 2002 12:53 am | |
| Sysop | Feb 18, 2002 8:28 am | |
| William Rowden | Feb 18, 2002 11:34 am | |
| M.B. | Feb 18, 2002 3:42 pm | |
| David M. Stowell | Feb 18, 2002 4:49 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 18, 2002 5:15 pm | |
| David M. Stowell | Feb 18, 2002 5:26 pm | |
| M.B. | Feb 18, 2002 7:21 pm | |
| David M. Stowell | Feb 18, 2002 7:45 pm | |
| Juha Saarinen | Feb 18, 2002 8:09 pm | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 18, 2002 8:41 pm | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 20, 2002 12:19 am | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 22, 2002 6:16 am | |
| Anand Buddhdev | Feb 22, 2002 6:28 am | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 22, 2002 8:23 am | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 22, 2002 8:44 am | |
| Juha Saarinen | Feb 22, 2002 11:36 am | |
| M.B. | Feb 23, 2002 11:55 pm | |
| Jan Lange | Feb 24, 2002 5:06 am | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 24, 2002 10:10 am | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 24, 2002 10:16 am | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 24, 2002 1:38 pm | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 24, 2002 1:46 pm | |
| Anand Buddhdev | Feb 24, 2002 2:07 pm | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 24, 2002 2:31 pm | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 24, 2002 2:45 pm | |
| Juha Saarinen | Feb 24, 2002 2:53 pm | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 24, 2002 2:59 pm | |
| Anand Buddhdev | Feb 24, 2002 5:40 pm | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 24, 2002 6:13 pm | |
| Francois PHILIPPO | Feb 24, 2002 11:59 pm | |
| Sam Varshavchik | Feb 25, 2002 4:35 am | |
| Robert L Mathews | Feb 25, 2002 12:03 pm | |
| marc lindahl | Feb 25, 2002 2:14 pm | |
| Robert L Mathews | Feb 25, 2002 3:23 pm | |
| marc lindahl | Mar 4, 2002 3:11 am |
| Subject: | Re: [courier-users] Courier RPM's Please | |
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| From: | William Rowden (rowd...@eskimo.com) | |
| Date: | Feb 18, 2002 11:34:55 am | |
| List: | net.sourceforge.lists.courier-users | |
Yesterday, M.B. wrote:
I built the packages
I'm glad.
[courier@pac10fans courier]$ grep courier /etc/group root:x:0:root,courier bin:x:1:root,bin,daemon,courier daemon:x:2:root,bin,daemon,courier sys:x:3:root,bin,adm,courier adm:x:4:root,adm,daemon,courier disk:x:6:root,courier wheel:x:10:root,courier courier:x:503:
This is drifting off-topic, but IMHO having a user with identical permissions to root defeats the purpose of a non-root user. If it were my box, I'd return user courier to typical (Red Hat) account:
usermod -d /home/courier -g courier -G "" courier
I agree with Sam Varshavchik's post. Configuring courier would be easier with a greater understanding of system administration.
NOw I have to install the packages as ROOT but first I have to reset the user's home directory to what. Can you please tell me exactly what to do [snip]
----- Original Message -----
Today, M.B. wrote:
I am new to linux so some of the terminology is new to me as well. [...] I am the only user on all the systems so I really never bothered to make a new USER / GROUP so I really dont understand all of it and how to do it
Even on a single-user system, there are advantages to working as a non-root user, and changing to root (e.g., via `su`) only when necessary. This provides some protection against mistakes and some security for the root login. [snip] (Note that `usermod -d /home/courier courier` will change back to a typical configuration-see `man usermod`.)
-- -William Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so.