Linux Administration - Users in (any) database howto/why...

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

>> 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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