thanks for the answers guys. > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Leonardo Sá wrote: > > > i'm planning to do a mail user management (like to add and remove mail > > users, but only mail users) via the web using apache. I know that > > postfix can use mysql (and mysql records can be added via web using php) > > to authenticate it's users but i don't have any ideas on how to create > > new users for imap (imap-2000a) access. > > TTBOMK, the only difference between a "mail-only" user and a standard user > is the former's lack of a valid default shell definition in /etc/passwd > (which is what prevents them from being able to login). Certainly, if one > plans to use imap, such users will need their own home directories, as > that is where imap will store their mail folders. It seems to me that if > you want to administer these users over the web (and securely, obviously), > Webmin is the easiest way to do it, and would work "right out of the box".
I don't want to use webmin for this because people that will use it are not very used to *nix systems, so i must do something very simple. > Setting up LDAP is another option, I need some research on this > Reading your subject line, I thought you were looking for a > webmail server - reading the body - well, I'm not quite sure (but > that's probably just me :) ) i just want to add users (and remove them) to my mail system > Anyway, here's a suggestion anyway, and if it's retarded, than > just ignore: > www.squirrelmail.org thanks for the suggestion :) So, i just need to figure out a way to add new users to my system via the web. I'll try to research it by myself, but if someone has ideas, please let me know. Regards, Leonardo Sá
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