From 30ac0cb6ccf032c44c08beda24a3d23472cb4f1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 15:46:18 +0000 Subject: Use seteuid(2) during MDA execution. svn path=/trunk/; revision=346 --- NEWS | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 965714b7..3cde1fb0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ features -- * POP3 UID support really works now. I make rude noises at the POP3 mavens who forced us to this with RFC1725, but thank Al Longyear - for fixing and verifying my slightly buggy implemntation. + for fixing and verifying my slightly buggy implementation. * Kerberos support ditto. Thanks to Chris Hanson for this feature. @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ features -- * You may use C-like escapes to embed non-printables in passwords and other strings. Fetchmail -V will display them in a printable form. +* Program now tries to set itself to the ID of the local user before + running an MDA, and reset to root afterwards. This will work on + any system with seteuid(2), including Linux and the BSDs. + bugs -- * Default user name to deliver to is now the calling user, unless -- cgit v1.2.3