Daniel L. Miller wrote, on 29. mar 2007 17:17:
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. IS it possible to override?
FWIW the (Open)Ldap setup for Barlaeus Academy in Amsterdam adds new
virtual users where all their LDAP attributes are derived from ASCII
first-name middle name(s) last-name using a script, the first year or so
combined shell and awk, latterly Perl. Amongst these are their $HOME and
Maildir, used i.a. by authlib/maildrop. The whole process is 100%
automated and all I needed from the administration was a file with a
list of users, hundreds can be added at the same time. Same for removing
users who have left.
I may have to go there to accomplish what I want - just frustrating.
Postfix and Dovecot handle it so elegantly with a minimum of
configuration and data - I'd really like to have Maildrop do the same.
The thing is, Barlaeus needs LDAP for *so* many other things (like gdm
logins, Postfix, Samba/Windows, you name it) that fuck Courier IMAP,
fuck maildrop, fuck all authlib, if *they* don't work with LDAP, then
they're banned to outer space.
For us, LDAP is the corner stone of all our administration. If other
things don't work with LDAP, then they're useless. Use Dovecot if you
like, Qmail, Exim, Cyrus, anything; if they work with your setup, well
and good. But for us, Courier, Postfix, gdm, Samba are utterly dependent
on LDAP and OpenLDAP is the be-all and end-all.
Luckily for us, Courier, Postfix, Samba, gdm, shell logins (like ssh and
scp) all work perfectly with LDAP.
As said, LDAP is the corner stone, everything else is purely incidental.
Also luckily for us, Sam Varshavchik appreciates that. I've tried both
Dovecot and Cyrus for IMAP and for us the just do not work. Courier
does, happy marriage ;)
Best,
--Tonni
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