check_mailq, nrpe, and root perms on client

[Marc Powell]

On Jun 15, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Kevin Freels wrote:

>> I personally don't like any of those options. I don't use
>> check_mailq and wrote my own that fits our environment better
>> but at the heart of it, I use 'sudo /usr/lib/sendmail...' so
>> there's my vote ;)
>
> I don't like them either for the security risks that they entail.
> However, I would be interested in your solution.

My solution was to use sudo, with the default sudoers option of  
mail_always set to off. ;)

--
Marc


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