From 5e6b58fcbe5f68bf74074e0e026bc9052bd60a9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 18:49:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] New release note: smmsp/mailnull users. Reviewed by: gshapiro --- .../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 17 +++++++++++++++++ .../en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index b6e36375a786..01e615cb71dd 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -2749,6 +2749,23 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended .mc files; generalized map rebuilding; rebuilding the aliases file; and the ability to stop, start, and restart sendmail. &merged; + + The smmsp and + mailnull users have been added to + /etc/master.passwd. In the absence of a + confDEF_USER_ID setting, by default, + sendmail will use the + mailnull user for extra security. + Previously, if the mailnull user did not + exist, the daemon user was used. This + change may generate some permissions issues when mailing to + files or to programs (such as mail/majordomo). + &merged; The previous behavior can be restored by adding the + following line to a system's + *.mc + configuration file: + define(`confDEF_USER_ID', `daemon') + diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index b6e36375a786..01e615cb71dd 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -2749,6 +2749,23 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended .mc files; generalized map rebuilding; rebuilding the aliases file; and the ability to stop, start, and restart sendmail. &merged; + + The smmsp and + mailnull users have been added to + /etc/master.passwd. In the absence of a + confDEF_USER_ID setting, by default, + sendmail will use the + mailnull user for extra security. + Previously, if the mailnull user did not + exist, the daemon user was used. This + change may generate some permissions issues when mailing to + files or to programs (such as mail/majordomo). + &merged; The previous behavior can be restored by adding the + following line to a system's + *.mc + configuration file: + define(`confDEF_USER_ID', `daemon') +