Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-12 Thread Erik Tews
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:21:45AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? I want that the user will not be able to do anything on the machine but retriving mail. I will

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-12 Thread Erik Tews
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:21:45AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? I want that the user will not be able to do anything on the machine but retriving mail. I will

best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Pedro Zorzenon Neto
Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? I want that the user will not be able to do anything on the machine but retriving mail. I will enable APOP in qpopper or use some ssl wrapper for POP3, will disable the

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Eelco van Beek
Hi, If I were you I'd use Dbmail (www.dbmail.org, cvs version). It has got all this and more. Best regards, Eelco On 11-03-2002 13:21, Pedro Zorzenon Neto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Davy Gigan
Pedro Zorzenon Neto writes: Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? What about using qmail with vpopmail ? Simple, efficient, and really disconnected from the underlying server ... -- Davy Gigan System

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:21:45AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? No. My 2 cents (of Euro): use a directory for POP authentication using the appropiate PAM modules,

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Alexander Reelsen
Hiya On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:40:18PM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:21:45AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? No. My 2 cents (of

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Tim Uckun
The apache project has a full featured mail system called james. It's written in Java and seems very full featured. The specs are impressive but I haven't used it myself. You may want to check it out. :wq Tim Uckun US Investigations Services/Due Diligence http://www.diligence.com/ -- To

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Emmanuel Lacour
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 04:10:10PM +0100, Alexander Reelsen wrote: Hiya On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:40:18PM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:21:45AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change

best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Pedro Zorzenon Neto
Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? I want that the user will not be able to do anything on the machine but retriving mail. I will enable APOP in qpopper or use some ssl wrapper for POP3, will disable the

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Eelco van Beek
Hi, If I were you I'd use Dbmail (www.dbmail.org, cvs version). It has got all this and more. Best regards, Eelco On 11-03-2002 13:21, Pedro Zorzenon Neto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Davy Gigan
Pedro Zorzenon Neto writes: Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? What about using qmail with vpopmail ? Simple, efficient, and really disconnected from the underlying server ... -- Davy Gigan System

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:21:45AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Hi, Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? No. My 2 cents (of Euro): use a directory for POP authentication using the appropiate PAM modules,

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Alexander Reelsen
Hiya On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:40:18PM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:21:45AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change the last field in /etc/passwd to /bin/false? No. My 2 cents (of

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Tim Uckun
The apache project has a full featured mail system called james. It's written in Java and seems very full featured. The specs are impressive but I haven't used it myself. You may want to check it out. :wq Tim Uckun US Investigations Services/Due Diligence http://www.diligence.com/

Re: best way to create pop only accounts

2002-03-11 Thread Emmanuel Lacour
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 04:10:10PM +0100, Alexander Reelsen wrote: Hiya On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 03:40:18PM +0100, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:21:45AM -0300, Pedro Zorzenon Neto wrote: Which is the best way to create a POP only account? just change