Running as root

[Darryl DeLao]

If I leave those settings blank in the conf file, does it run as root by
default?

 

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On 26 Jan 2006, at 15:02, Darryl DeLao wrote:





Is there any dangers to running MailScanner as root? What user should it run
under?

It needs to run as the same user as your MTA. It does not interact with the
outside world at all (that's the job of your MTA) so root is pretty safe.

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