[thelist] Webmail app without local system accounts

Hassan Schroeder hassan at webtuitive.com
Mon May 20 10:21:01 CDT 2002


John Handelaar wrote:

> I remember seeing a webmail server which used
> the file system and a database for handling
> accounts, rather than adding potentially thousands
> of local user accounts.
>
> But, I can't remember what it was called.  Any
> ideas from the evoltistas?

Specifically, no, but this sounds like a job for LDAP -- keeping
voluminous user information out of /etc/passwd ...

HTH!
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