Jake Vickers wrote:
Eric Shubert wrote:
John Hansen wrote:
Hi,
We currently authenticate our users with an LDAP server for different
systems
such as email and thin clients (LTSP). I would like to keep this
same set up
and not use a separate user database for QmailToaster, if possible.
Most of
our users use webmail, but there are around 20 that use an email
client with POP3.
Does anyone have a recommendation, one way or another, on using
QmailToaster
with LDAP?
Pro's and cons?
Tuturial?
Thanks,
John
I'm sure Jake will chime in on this with authority.
I'd like to say, though, that I think this is a big weakness in the
toaster presently, and I'd love to see us develop LDAP capability for
QMT. I don't believe that it's a simple thing to do though, and I'd be
thrilled to work with a sponsor to get it implemented.
Not a weakness, a different path.
Vpopmail does not work with LDAP, and some of the other patches we use
will not work with qmail-ldap either.
There is a project that helps you set up a qmail-ldap server over at
qmail-ldap.org
Since they're completely different approaches, I don't think you can
really give any pros/cons besides what you get from LDAP anyway (both
pros and cons).
I beg to differ. QMT offers no common authentication mechanism that can
be shared with other applications in an organization. Seems like most
applications can authenticate with LDAP. Does anything besides certain
implementations of qmail use vpopmail authentication? I don't know of
any. With vpopmail, user and password definitions are (un)necessarily
separate from 'the rest of the world'. I'd call that a weakness if I
wanted to integrate it with other applications in an organization. Let's
face it, QMT is weak in this area. Now, how important that might can
vary with depending on the circumstances.
--
-Eric 'shubes'
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