Re: administrator permissions mail server

More than likely they can read other people's email if they
wish, it depends on what you mean by administrator password.

Is this root?

Stephen Hauskins
Divisional Liaison
Academic Computing Group
Division of Physical and Biological Sciences

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used
when we created them.   Albert Einstein


On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Step0ut wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am sorry if this is not the exact forum to post this question but seemed
> the most relevant.
> I am working in a network with 40/50 PC's managed by 3 people with
> administrator passwords.
> The OS used is GNU/Linux.
> There is also a webmail service provided by the same server, which is also
> maintained
> by the same people.
> My question is the following:
> Since the administrator has of course access to all user files, does this
> mean that
> one with administrator privileges can read everybody's emails?
>
> Cheers,
> step0ut
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