Hi, use qmail-ldap patch for this it will handle any number of user provided you have space on server
regards munish --- Harshal Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----------------------------------------------------- > Kapil Sethi wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there any maximum no. which can be used as the > uid > of users on a linux > (kernel 2.2.x) OS installation. if there is what can > I > do to create a few > lakh users for the purpose of providing free webmail > to the users. I would > like to use LDAP server for authentication and not > /etc/passwd. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > It isnt advisable to make too many users in the > Linux > system.Imagine the amount of time it would take if > the > /etc/passwd file contains more than a lakh users!! > > Better than that would be to use and LDAP server > like > OpenLDAP where you have no user limit.After all > directory services main aim is ast lookup!! > > -- Harshal. > > > > ===== > Harshal Vaidya. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > > ================================================ > To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with subscribe in subject header > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe in subject header > Archives are available at > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org > > ================================================= > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ================================================ To subscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe in subject header To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header Archives are available at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org =================================================
