Re: studing qmail-ldap

Ismail YENIGUL <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:08:12 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.mail.qmail.ldap
Organization SurGATE Labs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Friedrich,

My answer are in line.
On 13.01.2013 19:46, Friedrich Locke wrote:
> Hi!
>
> i am studing qmail-ldap solution and some doubts arose.
>
> I would like to integrate qmail-ldap with my current unix user base.
>
> My base tree for posix accounts is: dc=people,ou=abc,ou=de. So for 
> instance if a have a user called vlobo, its dn is: 
> uid=vlobo,ou=people,dc=abc,dc=de. Since it is a unix user, its entry 
> object class is posixAccount.
> Since, i want this same unix user as a qmail user, I added an object 
> class qmailUser to the same posixAccount entry.
>
> First doubt: is it wrong ?
>
No, That's very good idea.
> For the qmailUser, the only mandatory attribute is "mail". So, when i 
> should add the objectClass qmailUser, I must, at least, define this 
> attribute, right?
>
even if objectclass say mail  is must. it is not enough. You must also 
add the following attributes:
mailMessageStore,userPassword,mailHost,accountStatus,

The following are optional but very useful:
deliveryMode,mailQuotaSize,mailQuotaCount
> So, what would it be procedures in order to remove the user vlobo as 
> qmail user ? Should I "take" out the qmailUser attributes for the 
> given entry ? How should I do it ?
>
Delete objectclass qmailUser from the user and other attributes defined 
in this objectclass.

> Thanks in advance.
>