Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> Daniel L. Miller wrote, on 29. mar 2007 17:17:
>
> [...]
>
> . 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
>
I'm not disputing any of that at all! My issue is not a
problem with
LDAP - but merely a stubborn refusal to put up with (as I
see it)
redundant data - whether hand entered or script generated.
Given a root
folder (/var/mail), a domain, and a username, my other
services are able
to build a path for mail handling. I just wanted to be able
to use
Maildrop in the same way - without explicitly defining
a.mail delivery
path for each user.
--
Daniel
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