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Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [PATCH] Single user linux
To: viro@math.psu.edu (Alexander Viro)
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> > It is possible to implement the entire mail system without anything running
> > as root but xinetd.
> 
> You want an MDA with elevated privileges, though...

What role requires priviledge once the port is open ?

	DNS lookup does not
	Spooling to disk does not
	Accepting a connection from a client does not
	Doing peercred auth with a client does not
	Copying spool articles matching the peercred to the client does not

Alan


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