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| author | Phil Pennock <pdp@exim.org> | 2010-06-06 02:46:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Phil Pennock <pdp@exim.org> | 2010-06-06 02:46:13 +0000 |
| commit | 10385c155b0e1266c02535b76ab73b32fa83d73f (patch) | |
| tree | fab6bd2a0597a506c61b6ae6159488ce043592ff /doc/doc-txt/NewStuff | |
| parent | 4b2241d2228351057f63f954de46b0449288e3ba (diff) | |
No longer permit the exim user to be root. Fixes: #752
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/NewStuff | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff index fb7e9528c..03c0d4833 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff +++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.171 2010/06/06 01:35:41 pdp Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff,v 1.172 2010/06/06 02:46:13 pdp Exp $ New Features in Exim -------------------- @@ -63,6 +63,18 @@ Version 4.73 control = debug/opts=+expand+acl control = debug/tag=.$message_exim_id/opts=+expand + 7. It has always been implicit in the design and the documentation that + "the Exim user" is not root. src/EDITME said that using root was + "very strongly discouraged". This is not enough to keep people from + shooting themselves in the foot in days when many don't configure Exim + themselves but via package build managers. The security consequences of + running various bits of network code are severe if there should be bugs in + them. As such, the Exim user may no longer be root. If configured + statically, Exim will refuse to build. If configured as ref:user then Exim + will exit shortly after start-up. If you must shoot yourself in the foot, + then henceforth you will have to maintain your own local patches to strip + the safeties off. + Version 4.72 ------------ |