>> I suggest you keep /etc/passwd and /etc/group for real linux users and
>> add "virtual users" support to each of the applications that need it.
This is exactly what I am trying to do.
If I understand you well, I am devising a solution for a problem that I
don't have... :(
Is it?
Thanks!
ET
Dale Farnsworth writes:
> Enrique wrote:
>> OK, I've reached that (long postponed) point of my life where I *HAVE* to
>> ditch /etc/passwd and /etc/group in favor of storing my users in a database.
>> Any database...
>
>> [...]
>
>> Furthermore, I want to login with my trusted /etc/passwd - /etc/group
>> combination when I SSH into (or console) into my machine and I want the
>> "other" users (people hosting WEB sites and/or receiving e-mail) be
>> authenticated against the Postgres table.
>
> So you really don't want to ditch /etc/passwd and /etc/group. I think
> that's a good decision.
>
>> So the final question is:
>> What do I need?
>> specifically, do I need PAM? (Probably...)
>> What do I configure?
>
> I suggest you keep /etc/passwd and /etc/group for real linux users and
> add "virtual users" support to each of the applications that need it.
> The implementation of virtual users varies with each specific
> application, i.e. qmail, postfix and exim each have their own ways
> of handling virtual users, as do many applications running on web servers.
>
> -Dale
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