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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/smrsh.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/smrsh.8 | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/smrsh.8 b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/smrsh.8 index 66692452316..03a0c861eaf 100644 --- a/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/smrsh.8 +++ b/gnu/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/smrsh.8 @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ .\" the sendmail distribution. .\" .\" -.\" $Sendmail: smrsh.8,v 8.15 2001/01/24 00:40:47 gshapiro Exp $ +.\" $Sendmail: smrsh.8,v 8.16.2.1 2003/07/08 01:33:03 gshapiro Exp $ .\" -.Dd April 25, 2002 +.Dd July 8, 2003 .Dt SMRSH 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ and .Dq && to enable commands like: .Bd -literal -compact -offset "XXXX" -.Qq "|exec /usr/local/bin/procmail -f- /etc/procmailrcs/user || exit 75" +.Qq "|exec /usr/local/bin/filter || exit 75" .Ed .Pp Initial pathnames on programs are stripped, @@ -93,9 +93,8 @@ all actually forward to .Pp System administrators should be conservative about populating the sm.bin directory. -Reasonable additions are -.Xr vacation 1 , -.Xr procmail , +For example, a reasonable additions is +.Xr vacation 1 and the like. No matter how brow-beaten you may be, never include any shell or shell-like program @@ -109,6 +108,12 @@ in the sm.bin directory (using the .Dq #! syntax); it simply disallows execution of arbitrary programs. +Also, including mail filtering programs such as +.Xr procmail +is a very bad idea. +.Xr procmail +allows users to run arbitrary programs in their +.Xr procmailrc . .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/usr/libexec/sm.bin" -compact .It Pa /usr/libexec/sm.bin |