Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 08:45:47 -0400 From: Gary Algier <gaa@dgms.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD suitability Message-ID: <360F84FB.55155B8@dgms.com>
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I have a couple of questions as to the suitability of FreeBSD as an email server in a NFS/NIS environment. I wish to setup FreeBSD to handle email and a few other tasks. We have a mixed environment of Sun, AIX, HP-UX, SINIX, etc. and I would like to be sure that if I: 1) Put /var/mail on a (Sun?) server (also running NIS). 2) Mount it to all the Unix W/S. 3) Mount it on the FreeBSD machine. 4) Run POP, IMAP and sendmail on the FreeBSD machine. Will: a) NIS work correctly? b) Mailbox locking work correctly? As I understand it, NIS does not quite work correctly between FreeBSD and non-FreeBSD (especially with shadowed passwords?) Also, FreeBSD does not support NFS file locking. How can the mailbox locking work correctly? Do all Unix implementations use the same mailbox locking methods? I know some Unix systems expect /var/mail to be publicly writable or group writable, others do not. Must the FreeBSD system have root access to /var/mail? Must all the others? How about quotas? Some people accumulate huge amounts of email and do not delete it. Can I cap it with quotas on /var/mail? Does FreeBSD understand quotas over NFS? What will sendmail do when the mailbox exceeds quota? -- Gary Algier, WB2FWZ gary.algier@dgms.com +1 609 608 2758 DGM&S Telecom, 1025 Briggs Rd, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054 Fax:+1 609 866 8850 "Paperwork is the embalming fluid of bureaucracy, maintaining an appearance of life where none exists." Robert J. Meltzer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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