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Re: Ubuntu/Debian Postfix 2.8.x repository -- general chroot question
From: Wietse Venema <wietse_at_nospam>Date: Mon Feb 07 2011 - 19:21:39 GMT
To: Christian Roessner <c@roessner-network-solutions.com>
Christian Roessner:
> >> For the sake of curiosity and education, why is running chroot'd Postfix
> >> complicated?
> >
> > Late binding. Cyrus SASL may dynamically load plugins. Table drivers may
> > dynamically do hostname lookups, CA certificates may need to retrieved, ...
> >
> > The more features you enable that use external libraries, or resources or
> > talk to external services, the more supporting files are needed in the
> > chroot jail...
>
> But I also could say: The more features you enable, the more
> experienced you probably are.
Except for all those beginners that get into trouble because they
use someone elses cookbook instructions instead of their own
expertise.
Wietse