Re: [courier-users] Questions about MAILUSER, MAILGROUP

Sam Varshavchik wrote:

> Bob Kinney writes:
>
>> I'm just trying to understand the security issues caused by either
>> solution and the reasons behind the apparent change in behavior of the
>> rpm install.
>
>
> There are no changes. The configuration scripts checks which system
> accounts are present. If one called "courier" exists, this userid
> will own the Courier installation. If it doesn't exist, the script
> checks for "daemon", and several others, in order to determine the
> primary userid for installation.
>
> If you build RPMs on one machine, and install the RPMs on a second
> machine, then the system accounts on both machines must be identical.
>

Why not let the courier packages create the user courier? (Or get really
fancy create a package courier-user or courier-base, let all other
packages depend on that. That way you can remove the courier user when
this package is removed).

M4



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