On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Jorey Bump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I never liked the idea of creating system users just for email, although I > did it for years. Even with unusable login shells, home directories can get > pretty untidy and challenging to back up for mail purposes (although Maildir > does help a bit, here). I wanted to both eliminate unnecessary system users > and support additional authentication mechanisms in a unified way, so I > switched to a Postfix/Cyrus IMAPd combination, using Cyrus SASL for > authentication. It's not as easy as 'adduser bob', but it compartmentalizes > things in a way that fits my brain better. I wish I could find something > similar for FTP (none of the daemons I like seem to support Cyrus SASL).
Thanks for that info. So you controls this account creation operation? If you don't "adduser bob" in Linux, which application do you interface with to create a virtual mailbox? Is this done in Postfix or Cyrus? I don't plan on using Cyrus since I already have Dovecot approved and integrated into my email server. I agree that creating useless login ID's and home directories is messy and pointless but I am trying to understand how this whole process works. Can this be done alone with Postfix and Dovecot Imapd?
