[vchkpw] Vpopmail uid/gid problem

[Peter Hillerström]

Hello!

I find the documentation for vpopmail very lacking on the subject of  
uid/gid handling. Where does vpopmail look up the uid/gid information  
for virtual domains (and their users) when using the default flat  
file db?


Why is the uid/gid information hard-coded to vpopmail on the  
configuration phase of compile? Just to make life harder for  
everyone, or for security reasons?


How can I change the uid/gid numbers for existing domains?
If not, is there any way to transfer all users from one domain to  
another?


PS. I find vpopmail just as unflexible as qmail, does anyone have  
good suggestions for an alternative to vpopmail? (Like a "Postfix" of  
virtual user IMAP/POP3 authentication systems...)


--
Peter Hillerström, Tuna ry
http://tuna.fi/

Re: [vchkpw] Vpopmail uid/gid problem

[Rick Widmer]

Peter Hillerström wrote:


Hello!

I find the documentation for vpopmail very lacking on the subject of  
uid/gid handling. Where does vpopmail look up the uid/gid information  
for virtual domains (and their users) when using the default flat  file db?


/var/qmail/users/assign


Why is the uid/gid information hard-coded to vpopmail on the  
configuration phase of compile? Just to make life harder for  everyone, 
or for security reasons?


The same reason as qmail.  Speed.  The configuration file would have to 
be accessed for every email delivered.  How often you you change the 
UID/GID values?




How can I change the uid/gid numbers for existing domains?
If not, is there any way to transfer all users from one domain to  another?


man qmail-users

Be sure the uid/gid on the directory in ~vpopmail/domains/ match.


Another possibility:

vaddomain newdomain

mv ~vpopmail/domains/olddomain ~vpopmail/domains/newdomain

vdeldomain olddomain


Unless you need system quotas, it is usually easiest to run all users as 
vpopmail:vchkpw.



PS. I find vpopmail just as unflexible as qmail, does anyone have  good 
suggestions for an alternative to vpopmail? (Like a "Postfix" of  
virtual user IMAP/POP3 authentication systems...)


I don't care to use any other alternative, so I can't help you there.

[vchkpw] SPAM subject with simscan

[Remo Mattei]

Hello guys where is the parameter to change the subject of simscan? do i 
have to recompile it? i changed it in the local.cf but does not seem to 
take any effect. also where do I change the value? can this be done in 
the .conf file?


Thanks

Remo