[vchkpw] using /etc/passwd

[Binaya Joshi]

Dear all,

 I am migrating from sendmail my virutual hosting to qmail. 
But due to some problems I have been forced still to use the /etc/passwd to 
authenticate the virtual users.

 Is there any way out so that I can authenticate my virtual 
users from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow instead of 
/usr/home/vpopmail/domain/passwd file ?


Suggestions are highly 
appreciated.

Re: [vchkpw] using /etc/passwd

[Ajai Khattri]

Binaya Joshi wrote:

I am migrating from sendmail my virutual hosting to qmail. 
But due to some problems I have been forced still to use the /etc/passwd 
to authenticate the virtual users.
 
Is there any way out so that I can authenticate my virtual 
users from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow instead of 
/usr/home/vpopmail/domain/passwd file ?
If you are using courier-imap for POP3/IMAP access you can build and 
configure it to authenticate against the system passwd file. See the 
docs covering the various authentication modules.

(Hint: look at authpwd and authshadow authentication modules).

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Aj.
Systems Administrator / Developer