[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#636877: Bug#636877: /etc/default/clamav-milter no longer used

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2014-03-14 15:08:41 [-0400], Scott Kitterman wrote:
> In principle, we could check during configure if a User was specified in the 
> .conf (and set it if it wasn't).  That would be, I believe, a sane transition 
> from starting as user to starting as root and letting the milter itself drop 
> privs.

Okay. So we have a user by default or atleast by config (default one)
had a user specified. The init script however fallbacks to clamav if
none was specified. Don't know if this was case once.
And then you have SOCKET_RWGROUP which seems to be used by people as a
workaround.
What about SOCKET_RWGROUP? Do you want to edit the config file and this
group in /etc/clamav/clamav-milter.conf?

> I don't think it should refuse to start as root.  If the user actively works 
> at shooting themselves in the foot, then it isn't our job to stop them.  We 
> mostly need to find a sane default.

fair enough.

> Please (probably via bugzilla) see if you can get an upstream review of the 
> patch.  Failing that, sgran could likely do it, but there'll be some latency 
> there since he's very busy with other stuff.

Done. Waiting for feedback.

> 
> Scott K

Sebastian