I have installed sendmail+mysql. I create my user inserting an appropriate line in table 'users' of 'sendmail' MySQL database. Then I create a virtual user inserting an appropriate row in 'virtuser' table of the 'sendmail' db so I one user can receive mail using the virtual e-mail address. Now I have the problem to permit the user (who is not a file system user!) to read the e-mail via pop3/imap. At the moment I'm using qpopper for pop3.
Reading the forum messagge I have understood that I can install the PAM authentication module for MySQL (pam-mysql project on sourceforge.net) and tell to qpopper to use the PAM authentication against MySQL.
This do not work. Can some one tell me what is the right configuration of POP3 for PAM authentication against MySQL? There is an alternative method to authenticate POP3 against a MySQL database? If I must install this system on Slackware distribution, how I must behave (as slackware do not support PAM(?))?
Thank you in advance,
rocsca
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I have installed sendmail+mysql. I create my user inserting an appropriate line in table 'users' of 'sendmail' MySQL database. Then I create a virtual user inserting an appropriate row in 'virtuser' table of the 'sendmail' db so I one user can receive mail using the virtual e-mail address. Now I have the problem to permit the user (who is not a file system user!) to read the e-mail via pop3/imap. At the moment I'm using qpopper for pop3.
Reading the forum messagge I have understood that I can install the PAM authentication module for MySQL (pam-mysql project on sourceforge.net) and tell to qpopper to use the PAM authentication against MySQL.
This do not work. Can some one tell me what is the right configuration of POP3 for PAM authentication against MySQL? There is an alternative method to authenticate POP3 against a MySQL database? If I must install this system on Slackware distribution, how I must behave (as slackware do not support PAM(?))?
Thank you in advance,
rocsca
You must use the MySQL patch for qpopper...
Thanks,
How I can do to obtain this pacth?
rocsca
rocsca, look at freshmeat.net and download the tpop3d, is a nice pop daemon with mysql support and too many features..
http://asteroid-b612.org/software/
Unfortunately, this link does not work!
Why? I see it!
Thanks, thanks, thanks.
Now all works fine!
But I'ld like to do tha same think for IMAP. Is this possible?
Note that I use 'University of Washington IMAP toolkit'.
Thanks in advance,
rocsca