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Old 02-19-2008, 06:54 AM
William Hunt
 
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Default Re: who is user "smmsp"?

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, ernesto wrote:
> Can anyone tell me who -user- "smmsp" is? This user runs "sendmail"? I don't
> have user smmsp, the only users are myself, "deamon" and "root".


that's a dummy user set up to run sendmail. he's part of the
sendmail package. it's a security measure to allow strict file permissions,
and a second line of defense against the risk of sendmail security being cracked.

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William Hunt, Portland Oregon USA

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