On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Christian Schmidt wrote:
> I know that exim can use an LDAP "backend", too. What I do not know
> is: Given that I configure the mail servers "base system" in a way
> that it authenticates against the LDAP server, how must I configure
> exim in this case?
> Does exim "automatically" get the information on (e.g) local users via
> "system calls" that return data from LDAP queries done by the
> underlying mechanisms?
If you have got nss working with LDAP correctly, then the standard Exim
"check_local_user" precondition should use LDAP as expected, so the
default Exim configuration should work reasonably well.
> Or do I have to configure exim in a way that exim itself queries the
> LDAO directory?
You can also do this, and it may be necessary if the standard
configuration doesn't quite do what you want.
Tony.
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