Debian Bug report logs - #151692
Postfix chroot

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas -Balu- Walter <tw@itreff.de>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Postfix chroot

Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 19:03:04 +0200

Package: postfix
Version: 1.1.4-2

Wietse strongly recommends to not install postfix into chroot in default
packages.  See mailing-list-archive e.g. at:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=postfix-users&m=102561614003433&w=2

May I suggest getting to a default-installation and have a README on how
to set it up chrooted?

     Balu

Message #10 received at 151692@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: pellegrini@mpcnet.com.br (Jeronimo Pellegrini)

To: 151692@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Thomas -Balu- Walter <tw@itreff.de>

Subject: Postfix chrooted (may I disagree with Thomas?)

Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 15:36:05 -0300

Hi.

Thomas -Balu- Walter <tw@itreff.de> wrote:
> Wietse strongly recommends to not install postfix into chroot in default
> packages.  See mailing-list-archive e.g. at:

> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=postfix-users&m=102561614003433&w=2

I have read the whole thread, and the only "strong recommendation" to not 
run Postfix chrooted was this:

On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 09:08:02AM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote:
> People who have trouble reading master.cf should not run Postfix
> chrooted, period. This is why chroot must be off by default.
 
which doesn't seem like a strong reason to me, but well, I'm not the
maintainer...

Wietse also said he shall not be held responsible for other people's 
errors, and I believe the Debian maintainer wouldn't bother him with any
problems.

In the same thread, it is said that OpenBSD does ship it chrooted
(Debian is also mentioned).

Personally, I like the idea of it being chrooted by default.

J.

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