Re: qmail reliance on passwd file

[Dave Sill]

Al Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Is there a way to get qmail to deliver email to an account that's
>not in /etc/passwd (or its shadow equivalent)?

Sure, lots of them.

>In other words, can I set up a separate database (e.g. MySQL)
>that qmail can access for account information?

Yes, there are MySQL and LDAP add-ons available. See www.qmail.org
and/or search the list archives.

>I note that qmail has /var/qmail/users/assign, but it references
>both UID's and GID's, which are maintained by /etc/passwd.

The UID's and GID's listed in users/assign need not be listed in
/etc/passwd. Likewise, there's nothing that says that each "user" has
to have a separate UID.

>I am setting up 2 clustered systems that will use shared storage
>(non NFS) to maintain each user's Maildir, and would rather not
>have to worry about keeping 2 separate system's passwd files in
>sync.

http://www.lifewithqmail.org/ldap/

-Dave

Re: qmail reliance on passwd file

[Mike Jackson]

Al Sparks wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to get qmail to deliver email to an account that's
> not in /etc/passwd (or its shadow equivalent)?
> 
> In other words, can I set up a separate database (e.g. MySQL)
> that qmail can access for account information?
> 
> I note that qmail has /var/qmail/users/assign, but it references
> both UID's and GID's, which are maintained by /etc/passwd.
> 
> I am setting up 2 clustered systems that will use shared storage
> (non NFS) to maintain each user's Maildir, and would rather not
> have to worry about keeping 2 separate system's passwd files in
> sync.

qmail-ldap does this, and it contains native clustering code.
www.nrg4u.com for details.

Mike

Re: qmail reliance on passwd file

[Brett Randall]

> "Al" == Al Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Is there a way to get qmail to deliver email to an account that's
> not in /etc/passwd (or its shadow equivalent)?

www.inter7.com/vpopmail/
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qmail reliance on passwd file

[Al Sparks]

Is there a way to get qmail to deliver email to an account that's
not in /etc/passwd (or its shadow equivalent)?

In other words, can I set up a separate database (e.g. MySQL)
that qmail can access for account information?

I note that qmail has /var/qmail/users/assign, but it references
both UID's and GID's, which are maintained by /etc/passwd.

I am setting up 2 clustered systems that will use shared storage
(non NFS) to maintain each user's Maildir, and would rather not
have to worry about keeping 2 separate system's passwd files in
sync.
   === Al


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