There is a package called web-cyradm that uses a mysql or pgsql (a recent addition) database for user management and authentication. With it you can group your users and you can set and change quotas for all users in a group.
The project's home page is here: http://www.delouw.ch/linux/web-cyradm/index.php I have played with it, but want to migrate to an LDAP solution, so I did not invest much time in it. >Jules Agee said: >Some of what you suggest is possible if you set up an LDAP directory. >Specifically, the maildap program that is distributed with OpenLDAP >allows you do deliver mail to a hierarchy of groups. The difference is >that the group expansion is done in the area of the MTA (where it >belongs). I am using it right now in production and it works great. > >If I remember correctly, someone submitted a few patches to the list a >while back for using LDAP to manage quotas, but I don't recall whether >it was hooked into the group mechanism or just single-user quota info >stored in the directory. > >-Jules > > >Mark Keasling wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a question about user management. (Well not me in particular > > but it was raised here and I've been tasked with finding out.) > > > > Currently user management seems to be done on a one by one basis. Won't > > management become difficult when users number in the thousands or tens > > of thousands? > > > > Has there been or is there being done any work on groups in particular > > hierarchical groups? The groups could be used as a target for > > management tasks such as setting quotas, access restrictions and what > > not. A change made to the group would be propagated to all of the > > members. The functionality could also be extended to mail delivery > > so that mail sent to the group could optionally be delivered to the > > members. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Regards, > > Mark Keasling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >-- >Jules Agee >System Administrator >Pacific Coast Feather Co. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] x284