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Hello Aaron,
Tuesday, February 20, 2001, 2:43:45 PM, you wrote:
> For security reasons, I do not want to create Linux accounts on the
Linux
> Box. We are an educational institution and we teach networking.
Naturally,
> the students are curious.
> Anyway if I install open LDAP on the server, and run the
authdaemond.ldap
> will that work? My next question is can LDAP assign ownership to
the
> directories? Every user will need a directory to store their mail
> directory, but without creating the Linux account I am wondering how
to
> assign the user rights to the directory, does LDAP do that? Thank
you for
> your time.
If you don't plan to run a really huge mailserver (say thousands of
student accounts), there's no need for the added complexity LDAP
brings into the equation when compared to standard CDB, IMHO. vpopmail
will take, in any case, care of the permissions and will deliver the
mail under its own uid. Comparing to every other daemon I've ever
used, qmail/vpopmail
is the one which needs the lowest maintenance. It just works. Exactly
what you want in school. (or are you using courier-mta? I have no
experience witht that one).
Best regards,
Gabriel
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