From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 21 07:18:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B862937B401 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:18:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx0.freebsd-services.com (survey.codeburst.net [195.149.39.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D808643F93 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 07:18:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@freebsd-services.com) Received: by mx0.freebsd-services.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 65F8A1B213; Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:18:33 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 15:18:33 +0100 From: Paul Richards To: Alex Ayala Message-ID: <20030621141832.GM58850@survey.codeburst.net> References: <200306202051.h5KKpTHh043149@grimreaper.grondar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Email accounts on FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 14:18:38 -0000 On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 05:16:11PM -0400, Alex Ayala wrote: > Ok, maybe...yes I read what I wrote and didn't quite explain what I really > wanted to say. > > I want to setup accounts on my box so users can retrieve emails by accessing > my pop server. Do I need to setup user accounts on my box with the "adduser" > command? I don't want them to be able to have access to the shell by any > means. Is like when I wanted to give someone access to my ftp server I just > created an account and took out the shell part in the passwd file. Sorry my > english is not the greatest. Trying to explain something and can't find the > right words. > > Is that a bit better to understand? The answer depends a bit on which pop server you're using. If you don't want to create user accounts on the box for mail users then use something like Cyrus, which manages it's own authentication and so doesn't require any system accounts to be created for mail users. -- Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, wiser still to know when it has been achieved and wisest of all to know when it is unachievable for then striving is folly. [Magician]