[OP] >> + Users may be real users on the server. --- Are there good reasons >> against this?
On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 02:07:41PM -0000, Colin Ellis wrote: > I'm not sure why you feel the need to create user accounts on the machine > itself. It seems a bit of a security nightmare to me. Vmailmgr allows you > virtual accounts sitting under a domain master account. This will allow > your machine to be secure and you to have control over access passwords. smtp mail users don't need to be real users; you can (in theory -- i'm still working on it) have exim pull authentican info from sources other than /etc/passwd (which is the user-definition file on *nix systems). but if you're going to have some that are both shell users and smtp senders, separate-authentication files could get hairy. not sure which approach would be best. -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux server 2.4.20-k6 #1 Mon Jan 13 23:49:14 EST 2003 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #38 from Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Curious about your NETWORK TRAFFIC? There's a whole bunch of ways to monitor it: iptraf, showtraf, netwatch, tcpview, statnet, or even tcpdump | grep 'what you want to see' lsof -i | grep 'LISTEN' For network statistics try "mrtg". See the ethernet section over at http://www.Linux-Sec.net/ Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]