Thanks - but I alrady know how to change the user's permissions once
they're created. ;) The problem is first, finding which users which are
admins, across 400+ domains, and second, making sure that when new users
get created, Imail isn't defaulting to making them admins. :)

Regards,
Simon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of 
> Samuel J Stanaitis
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Imail creates new users as system admins
> 
> You've probably got it set as a default, if you go to the 
> domain, then the Users subfolder, on the right hand side 
> uncheck the Imail System Administrator...  That's a start.
> 
> Sam
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon Dodd
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 3:09 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [IMail Forum] Imail creates new users as system admins
> 
> This can't be right.
> 
> We have an Imail box (8.05) that creates new users as system 
> administrators by default, whether created through the 
> webmail interface by a system admin, or via the 
> administrator. I've kind of known about this since we 
> inherited the box, but it didn't seem like a big deal, 
> because to my knowledge, I was the only person with admin 
> access to the mail server anyway. Simple fix: make sure that 
> "system admin" option is unticked. As it turns out, this 
> assumption was incorrect; our helpdesk staff have been using 
> sysadmin webmail access to add users for customers, and now - 
> having found one user created as a system admin by accident - 
> I have to wonder just how many rogue system admins there have 
> been created on the box!! We have well upwards of 10,000 
> users on the box, and so this isn't exactly brightening my week.
> 
> In terms of correcting this problem - is there an easy way to 
> search for system admins, in the registry or otherwise? 
> 
> In terms of an ounce of prevention being worth a ton of cure 
> - how can I stop Imail from creating new users as system admins?
> 
> Suggestions appreciated,
> 
> Regards,
> Simon Dodd
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