Hello all
In the mailman install docs it says to create a mailman user and group but it says nothing about a password. Being a new linux user i am a little unsure about the security on this account. What steps should i take to correct this. If i alocate a password will mailman still work correctly? What should i do?
thanks in advance
Matt Chipman
Matt Chipman wrote:
Hello all
In the mailman install docs it says to create a mailman user and group but it says nothing about a password. Being a new linux user i am a little unsure about the security on this account. What steps should i take to correct this. If i alocate a password will mailman still work correctly? What should i do?
On my mailman machine, the mailman account does not have a password. The only way "into" the account is via root. I su to root (which asks for a password), then su to mailman (which doesn't since you're root).
Having a password on the mailman account is also fine. You would simply want to use standard password selection policies. The account is no more or no less secure than any other.
Cheers, -g
-- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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