#1040393 msmtp: please reintroduce SetGID permission as an optional package

Package:
msmtp
Source:
msmtp
Description:
light SMTP client with support for server profiles
Submitter:
Daniel Gröber
Date:
2023-07-05 11:15:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1040393#5
Date:
2023-07-05 11:10:58 UTC
From:
To:
Hi Emmanuel,

I've just upgraded my workstation to Bookworm and the upgrade broke my
(outgoing) mail setup where I'm using msmtp due to permission errors
involving files owned by msmtp:msmtp. I see from your NEWS entry that
SetGID support was removed because it conflicts with passwords
retrieved through libsecret.

Problem is in my deployment I'm not using passwords but rather TLS
client certificates, which AFAICT the libsecret integration simply
does not support so I cannot migrate my config to the non-setgid
msmtp.

I'd like to request a new package, say msmtp-sysconfig, that will make
/usr/bin/msmtp setgid again on installation. I'd be happy to provide a
patch if you agree this is a reasonable idea.

Thanks,
--Daniel