On Sep 26, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Marc Aymerich <glicerinu@gmail.com> wrote: > Everybody seems to be configuring their mail server using virtual users instead of the traditional system user approach. > > I find system users easy to configure and even more secure, since IMAP and POP3 processes can run under the system user account (of course disabling shell access). > > I keep wondering if perhaps I'm missing some interesting advantage of using virtual user accounts? > > Anyone like to comment on this? > > -- > Marc My primary motivation to move to virtual users was to support multiple domains without username collisions. After a few scripts were written, I didn’t really see one as easier than the other for day to day use. Thank you, Scott Blaydes Scott Blaydes sblaydes@netteksolutions.com /\ "Encrypt all the things" ------------------------------------------- / \ /-------------------------------------- 325-320-7526 \/ Encrypted email preferred. 9508 837D B072 4E0B BDAB FA4D 096E ECF0 D8A2 381E
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