Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:48:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "BSD Questions" <bsdquestions@connect1.ca> To: <geminidomino@earthlink.net> Cc: <raiden@shell.core.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: User auth through database Message-ID: <5878.216.254.135.133.1028040511.squirrel@www.connect1.ca> In-Reply-To: <00c101c2378f$9a93e570$0100a8c0@asgardnet.org> References: <00c101c2378f$9a93e570$0100a8c0@asgardnet.org>
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What I think is a great setup is using Postfix as your MTA, Qmail to pop with and Vpopmail. You can find more info here. http://inter7.com/vpopmail/ I set this up a while back and it works great. You do not have to create any user acccounts on your system. Qmail with vpopmail creates a seperate passwd file for each domain that you want to use it with. You can also setup a web admin so you can easily add users or make changes from the website you setup. I really found this to be a great setup.. Frank Ciro Maeitta said: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Lake" <raiden@shell.core.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2307h > Subject: User auth through database > > >> Hi again. Quick question. Is there a port, or a good tutorial >> guide on how to setup a server so that users can get mail but not >> actually have a legitimate shell account on the server. I only want >> three actual accounts that can login to the machine through sell and >> the console, but I want Qpopper to treat the users as though they >> actually had a shell account on the machine. >> >> Basically what I'm thinking is to use some form of user auth for the >> mail services through an SQL database of some kind. I've seen it >> done, but I'm not sure how to do it. Anyone have any ideas? Or do I >> need to use a different Pop3 mail server port to make use of this SQL >> database auth method I'm looking at doing? >> >> Also, if I want users to have to auth to send mail, can I setup >> sendmail to use this same database, or do I need to use something >> else? > > I dont quite follow what you mean about a database... you should be > able to do this by just setting the users shell to /sbin/nologin or > /nonexistant or whatever is appropriate for your setup... then they > cannot log in at the console or via ssh, but qpopper will still be able > to feed them thier mail. > > > HTH > -C > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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