Re: administrator permissions mail server

Depends on if administrator privledges means root or not, in suse openexchange for instance they implemented admin interfaces for user/group admin without the ability to read mail. root of course can do whatever he or she wants.

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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