> Jasper Jans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> and does anyone know if there is
> pop software available that does not reply on /etc/passwd
> or /etc/shadow for password authentication but uses an other file?
>
> The reason for this is - I want to create many (10k+) email
> accounts on a qmail machine with pop ability - without giving
> those people access to the machine for anything else.
I suggest you use Berkeley DB files to store your mail users
password file information. Then write a small library containing your
own implementation of getpwnam() and getspnam() that looks up users
in those files, and link the library with the standard checkpassword
program. This will give you very good results with litte work.
--
Gjermund Sorseth
