On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:25:38 +0200, Oliver Schalch
<oliver.schalch@???> wrote:
>I was wondering why exim uses an own Password File, which meets a normal
>shadow file.
>there is /etc/exim/passwd which I have to put users in they need SMTP
>auth permission.
>
>Could /etc/exim/passwd not just get a symlink to /etc/shadow? Or is that
>no good of security
>reasons?
A lot of setups want to have a dedicated password database for smtp
authentcation. If you insist on using system passwords, exim can use
PAM to authenticate against them.
Greetings
Marc
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