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List:       freebsd-isp
Subject:    Re: Non-Standard stuff
From:       Ronald Wiplinger <ronald () mail ! trace ! net ! tw>
Date:       1999-07-30 2:41:17
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Mitch Vincent wrote:

> You know, I was sitting here thinking to myself about the soon to come
> conversion to SQL databases for all of our auth (POP3 and RADIUS).. I'd like
> to avoid putting users in the system users/password file all together..
> 
> That's possible as far as  POP3 and RADIUS go (use IDS-POP3d, PAM RADIUS
> module with RADIUS  reading out of a MySQL database).. Then we run into
> mail.. There really isn't anyway to avoid putting users into the system
> user/password file when it comes to a MTA. Or is there?
> 
> I'd really like to avoid a really "hacked" way of doing this if it is even
> possible.. And the solution would have to handle a fairly large number of
> users, for arguments sake lets say 10,000 users.
> 
> Would anyone have any ideas?


look at qmail, it supports   different authentication methodes, including
RADIUS, .... If you really need the machine for mail only than qmail,
setup with no-user-id is the best. Than the people cannot even log in
to machine, since they are not users there.



> 
> -Mitch
> 
> "When all your plans fail, backup, re-group and press on. The only real
> failure is quitting..."
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net>
> To: isp@FreeBSD.ORG <isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Date: Thursday, July 29, 1999 9:07 PM
> Subject: Big big mail servers
> 
> 
> >Having read the slashdot thread on the subject, I'm wondering what sort
> >of mail daemons (pop/IMAP,MTA,etc.) are available in the ports
> >collection that get user accounts from somewhere other than
> >/etc/password
> >
> >any ideas?
> >
> >Laurence
> >
> >
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