Al Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there a way to get qmail to deliver email to an account that's
>not in /etc/passwd (or its shadow equivalent)?
Sure, lots of them.
>In other words, can I set up a separate database (e.g. MySQL)
>that qmail can access for account information?
Yes, there are MySQL and LDAP add-ons available. See www.qmail.org
and/or search the list archives.
>I note that qmail has /var/qmail/users/assign, but it references
>both UID's and GID's, which are maintained by /etc/passwd.
The UID's and GID's listed in users/assign need not be listed in
/etc/passwd. Likewise, there's nothing that says that each "user" has
to have a separate UID.
>I am setting up 2 clustered systems that will use shared storage
>(non NFS) to maintain each user's Maildir, and would rather not
>have to worry about keeping 2 separate system's passwd files in
>sync.
http://www.lifewithqmail.org/ldap/
-Dave
