When you run ./configure for vpopmail add this option --enable-learn-passwords=y
Vpopmail with learn the passwords when the user pops for mail and that way you will not have to enter a password. -John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Etzel - GoodnGo.COM (R)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 7:13 AM Subject: Re: [vchkpw] Re: Inserting new users via mysql-insert into the vpopmail database > Hello John, > > what exactly is the "learn password" option? > > Oliver > > > He can also enable the learn password option in vpopmail, I think > this > > would be > > an easy way to deal with it myself. What do you think? > > > > -John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul L. Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Oliver Etzel - GoodnGo.COM (R)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 6:47 AM > > Subject: [vchkpw] Re: Inserting new users via mysql-insert into the > vpopmail > > database > > > > > > > > > > Oliver Etzel - GoodnGo.COM \(R\) writes: > > > > > > > I want to create new users like [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOT with > vadduser > > > > BUT with just inserting it via mysql-insert into the vpopmail > > > > database. > > > > > > OK, you have now explained what you want to use instead. Somebody > else > > > pointed out that the maildir will be created automatically by > vdelivermail > > > if the user exists (I hadn't realized it did that until I read > that > > > message and looked at the code just now) so you can get away with > doing > > > that. What you have yet to explain is any valid or sensible > reason WHY > > > you want to do this. > > > > > > > Any hints, > > > > how I can generate the encrypted password in the column > pw_passwd > > > > (looks like this $1$S/TPu$GjMMj7yMJqG.0ckx) ??????? > > > > > > Not without breaking out of MySQL and returning to the shell. The > > > hard way is to get a shell prompt, use passwd to set the password > of a > > > dummy system user then copy the crypted password into the MySQL > command. > > > The harder way is to write a perl script that generates some good > random > > > salt, calls crypt to crypt the password then uses the DBD modules > to > > > insert the user into MySQL. An easy way to do it is to add the > > > user with MySQL giving garbage for the crypted password then use > vmoduser > > > to set a valid crypted password. The very easy way to do it is to > run > > > vadduser. > > > > > > You CANNOT do it all from MySQL. You CAN do it all with vadduser. > What > > > is more, I can see no reason why you would want to add a user but > NOT > > > have the maildir created at the same time, which is all you could > achieve > > > if you could do it all from MySQL If you have some automation > tool > > > that can only cope with adding MySQL rows then you'll still have > to > > > modify it to shell out to generate the crypted password, so you > might > > > as well modify it to shell out and run vadduser anyway. If you > want > > > domain admins to be able to add users this way because they cannot > run > > > vadduser you'll still have to write code that validates they can > only > > > modify their own domains, so you'd be far better off installing > something > > > like qmailadmin on your server. > > > > > > -- > > > Paul Allen > > > Softflare Support > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
