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Re: .db based passwd/shadow files for Linux (BSDi style)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ariel Biener" <ariel@fireball.tau.ac.il>
To: "Gavrie Philipson" <gavrie@philipson.co.il>
Cc: "Israeli Linux Mailing List" <linux-il@linux.org.il>; "Koby Schwartz"
<schwartz@aristo.tau.ac.il>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: .db based passwd/shadow files for Linux (BSDi style)


> On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Gavrie Philipson wrote:
>
> > Maybe not a direct answer, but it might be helpful:
> >
> > - Have you considered LDAP? It can fully replace NIS, and can use
> > various backends, including ldbm and various SQL dbs.
>
> As I wrote in my e-mail, LDAP is currently not an option.
>
> > - Have you considered Cyrus for email services? This way, you won't need
> > to ad the users to the passwd file at all. Cyrus can also use any
> > backend that you like.
>
> No, we'd rather use postfix at this time.

Postfix can be quite easily be configured to use MySQL (possibly other
databases) for transport managment and even delivery - read here for a quick
setup : http://kummefryser.dk/HOWTO/mail/postfix_mysql.html

Oded

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