From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 14 05:11:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3A2737B401 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 05:11:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bart.LF.net (bart.LF.net [212.9.190.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A22243FBD for ; Sat, 14 Jun 2003 05:11:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ms@bart.LF.net) Received: from ms by bart.LF.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 19R9rt-000Eqr-00; Sa, 14 Jun 2003 14:10:49 +0200 Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 14:10:49 +0200 From: Marc Schoechlin To: vezku@surfeu.fi Message-ID: <20030614121049.GA57026@LF.net> References: <4490.62.142.81.6.1055486140.squirrel@redbull.tiscali.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4490.62.142.81.6.1055486140.squirrel@redbull.tiscali.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Ticket-Action: x X-Ticket-Nr: x Sender: Marc Schoechlin cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: enteprise account management X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:11:52 -0000 Hi ! On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 09:35:40AM +0300, vezku@surfeu.fi wrote: > I'm planning to run FreeBSD on a system with +5000 shell/mail accounts. > What account management solutions are available? New account applications > will be made via a web form so this feature would be good. > Am I stuck with making my own scripts? Are there any good commercial > systems out there? I've heard about Novell solutions, but they are damn > expensive. Thanks. What`s about using OpenLDAP ? http://www.openldap.org/ With OpenLDAP you can: * store your user-accounts in a centralized database (replication is also possible) * define your own attributes (usernames, passwords, adresses, mail-aliases, customer-data, user-rights,....) * program your own management-interfaces in many programming-languages .... Many applications are able to use LDAP-directories for authentification and configuration - but there is also the possibility to use the pam-ldap-module to import the ldap-users as regular system-users. There are also some gui- and web-based management-tools available..... (If you like this - look at freshmeat.net) Regards Marc Schoechlin -- Gruss / Best regards | LF.net GmbH | fon +49 711 90074-413 Marc Schoechlin | Ruppmannstr. 27 | fax +49 711 90074-33 ms@LF.net | D-70565 Stuttgart | http://www.lf.net