From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 15 13:31:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08B1716A4CE for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:31:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from outfbmx010.isp.belgacom.be (outfbmx010.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.2.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B3FE43D58 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:31:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from geert@lori.mine.nu) Received: from outmx008.isp.belgacom.be (outmx008.isp.belgacom.be [195.238.3.235]) (8.12.11/8.12.11/Skynet-OUT-FALLBACK-2.22) with ESMTP id i5F9QSSb012196 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:26:28 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: from outmx008.isp.belgacom.be (localhost [127.0.0.1]) with ESMTP id i5F9QEW6002940 for ; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:26:14 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: from lori.mine.nu (160-18.244.81.adsl.skynet.be [81.244.18.160]) with ESMTP id i5F9Q8R0002866; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:26:08 +0200 (envelope-from ) Received: by lori.mine.nu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1F5AB7B; Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:26:07 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:26:07 +0200 From: Geert Hendrickx To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <20040615092606.GA9112@lori.mine.nu> References: <40CE8CB9.9050504@synthexp.net> <20040615085551.GB92278@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040615085551.GB92278@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-GPG-Key: http://www.win.ua.ac.be/~s005085/gnupgkey.txt X-GPG-Key-ID: 1024D/766C1E92 X-Accept-Language: nl,en cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: ihsan@synthexp.net Subject: Re: Detaching program from controlling terminal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:31:07 -0000 > For e-mail access, the same sort of arguments apply. You can > alternatively separate the database of e-mail accounts completely from > the system password database: the Cyrus e-mail system (in ports) works > in that way, and there are some well documented recipes on the web for > setting up such arrangements using qmail. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks > Savill Way > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK Also, Dovecot (in ports/mail/dovecot) is a very nice POP/IMAP-server, which can work with virtual users and/or separate password database. That way you could easily change passwords via a non-interactive process or a web-form (I did so for my father's company). GH