On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 06:04, Nataniel Klug wrote: > Hello Jesse, > > : No, there is nothing currently setup that will make dbmail look > : at the system password/shadow file, you have to have aliases setup > : in dbmail's aliases table (eg. you can just make aliases for all the > : accounts that point to the same INBOX). There is work being done > : for seperating authentication and message storage, and it'd probably > : (eventually) be possible to make it check there for passwords, but > : even then I bet you'll need to have aliases for all accounts (there > : is nothing in the password file that tells where to deliver mail to). > : IMHO, that's one of the nicest features of dbmail over most mail > : systems - you don't have to give your users an actual OS login.
i think the current setup for system aliases should be respected by dbmail those system aliases are there for a pretty good reason and adding about 15-20 aliases just so you can read your system email is a bit annoying > This work is not possible becouse I need system accounts to my radius > server > authenticate dialup users. I am thinking in put the radius and system > accounts (with > postfix mail system for local users) in on machine and use another machine to > authenticate > virtual users using DBMail. > > : I think there may be scripts around either in the distribution or > : that you could find in the mailing list archive that will convert > : a 'conventional' mail system to dbmail, including all users/aliases > : being setup and mail getting loaded into the db - you might look for > : those. they sound like something to include in the distfile maybe asking the guy who wrote them if that is ok would be a good idea
