Re: securing pop3
On Sat, 08/02/2003 03:52 +0100, Kuba Jakubik wrote:
> Kristof Goossens wrote:
>> /bin/false. So my question is: "Is it possible to create a pop3 account
>> without
>> needing to modify the /etc/passwd file?"
You should use a pop3 server that supports virtual users, like
popa3d[1].
> you need the users to have an account on the system, so smtp can receive
> mail for them afaik.
Nou you don't, you just need to configure your MTA to accept mail for
them. If you're using exim you could add the following director:
virtualuser:
driver = aliasfile
transport = local_delivery
file = /etc/vmail
search_type = lsearch
Then put the names for the users you want to receive mail for in
/etc/vmail. You'd probably want to define a custom transport though.
1. http://www.openwall.com/popa3d/
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