> : No, there is nothing currently setup that will make dbmail look
> : at the system password/shadow file, you have to have aliases setup
> : in dbmail's aliases table (eg. you can just make aliases for all the
> : accounts that point to the same INBOX). There is work being done
> : for seperating authentication and message storage, and it'd probably
> : (eventually) be possible to make it check there for passwords, but
> : even then I bet you'll need to have aliases for all accounts (there
> : is nothing in the password file that tells where to deliver mail to).
> : IMHO, that's one of the nicest features of dbmail over most mail
> : systems - you don't have to give your users an actual OS login.
>
> This work is not possible becouse I need system accounts to my radius
> server
> authenticate dialup users. I am thinking in put the radius and system
> accounts (with
> postfix mail system for local users) in on machine and use another machine to
> authenticate
> virtual users using DBMail.
Just to clarify, you aren't *required* to not have accounts in
the passwd/shadow file, it's just an option. If you want to run it
all on one box, just make that for every user that gets put in
/etc/{passwd,shadow} you also setup dbmail (eg. using dbmail-adduser).
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Jesse Norell
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