Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 02:09:02 -0400 From: "Ciro Maeitta" <geminidomino@earthlink.net> To: "Steven Lake" <raiden@shell.core.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: User auth through database Message-ID: <00c101c2378f$9a93e570$0100a8c0@asgardnet.org> References: <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0207292159060.18182-100000@shell.core.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Lake" <raiden@shell.core.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2307h Subject: User auth through database > Hi again. Quick question. Is there a port, or a good tutorial > guide on how to setup a server so that users can get mail but not > actually have a legitimate shell account on the server. I only want three > actual accounts that can login to the machine through sell and the > console, but I want Qpopper to treat the users as though they actually > had a shell account on the machine. > > Basically what I'm thinking is to use some form of user auth for > the mail services through an SQL database of some kind. I've seen it > done, but I'm not sure how to do it. Anyone have any ideas? Or do I need > to use a different Pop3 mail server port to make use of this SQL database > auth method I'm looking at doing? > > Also, if I want users to have to auth to send mail, can I setup > sendmail to use this same database, or do I need to use something else? I dont quite follow what you mean about a database... you should be able to do this by just setting the users shell to /sbin/nologin or /nonexistant or whatever is appropriate for your setup... then they cannot log in at the console or via ssh, but qpopper will still be able to feed them thier mail. HTH -C To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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