Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 18:19:55 +0100 (CET) From: David Vrtin <vrtin@uni-mb.si> To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Cc: Leif Neland <leifn@image.dk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: POP3/IMAP e-mail boxes without users Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980223181613.18286C-100000@unicorn.uni-mb.si> In-Reply-To: <ML-3.3.888252872.5988.patl@asimov>
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On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote: > > DV> I would like to create POP3/IMAP e-mail boxes without adding > > DV> accounts for all the users, with Cryus. I need to build to use > > DV> some other form of authentication than /etc/passwd. > > You can add users to /etc/passwd without giving them a shell or a home. > But that potentially opens up other services (and possible security > holes.) For example, what happens if someone uses one of those accounts > when logging into your FTP server? Yes... :( > With cyrus, the easiest solution is to tweak pwcheck to use an > auxilliary password file. (Pwcheck comes with cyrus. If you Where can I get such pwcheck (and other "utilities" to create such password file) ? David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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