I have looked into that as well (mysql), but what concerns me is how theyd be able to change their passwords. My chpasswd page normally effects the /etc/passwd file. That's why I want to use NIS. What do you think sir?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andre John Cruz Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 5:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [plug] NIS Nathan-Sonas V. Aceron said: > I wish to have a separate host for all my user accounts used by my > mail server. I just want to make sure if my mail server bugs down, I > won't have to go thru the hassle of user account inputs. this might be more complicated, but you can configure your mail server (e.g. qmail, sendmail, postfix, courier, exim, etc.) to access user records from an LDAP server or even from a mySQL database. this way the UNIX user accounts are separate from the mail accounts. /andre __ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie __ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
