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Subject: Re: Fwd: Postfix SMTP server: errors from hermes.mixx.net[212.84.196.2]
From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Wed Aug 09 2000 - 10:36:18 CDT

You could run an smtpd on a non-std port, then rig it up to not
give up the root privileges.

Say:

    127.0.0.1:12345 inet n n n - - smtpd

After that, it should dump core just fine when you repeat the
experiment.

Just don't forget to turn it off when done.

        Wietse

Ralf Hildebrandt:
> On 9 Aug 2000 13:52:29 GMT, Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandtinnominate.de> wrote:
>
> >Ok, who did f*ck up the master.cf ? I fetched our local Unix Guru, and just
> >coincidentially I took a glance at master.cf and found some services
> >chrooted and some not.
> >
> >I chrooted all (except local of course) and now I cannot reproduce the error!
> >I think I earned my coffee for today.
>
> False alarm. The problem is still there. SInce I get no core file I need to
> attach a debugger.
>
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