Author: Frank S. Bernhardt Date: To: Jerome C CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] User authentication
Jerome
> Is there any way exim4 can be configured to authenticate users (when
> they check their e-mail) against the passwd file of a remote machine? I
> need this because all my user accounts (12) are on another server which
> is already serving http and samba. If a user wants to change password I
> dont want to have to do it on two machines...
>
> Is this even possible?
Sure, just mount the other server's drive via NFS. Then you can use it's
passwd file instead of your own. The only down side is if the other
server goes down.
You could also ftp the other server's passwd file on a regular basis
(cron?) to the mail server. That way you don't have to worry about the
other server going down but there would be a 'propogation delay'.
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Regards
Frank S. Bernhardt
b.c.s.i.
14 Halton Court
Markham, ON.
L3P 6R3
