/etc/passwd accounts

[davidcl]

I just enabled /etc/passwd accounts on my toaster.

For anyone considering doing this, the process is:


[list=1][*] Set vpopmail_etc_passwd=1 in toaster-watcher.conf
[*] Re-run toaster_setup.pl -s vpopmail.
[*] If you previously had your local domain set up as a vpopmail domain (as I did) then:
[list=a]
      [*]Create /etc/passwd accounts for anyone who needs to receive mail in the local domain.
      [*]Add the local domain to /var/qmail/control/locals and remove it from /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains
      [*]Create appropriate aliases in /var/alias for root, postmaster, and mailer-daemon, as described in LWQ.
      [*]svc -h /service/send (causes qmail-send to reread the control files and pick up the new configuration).
      [*]Move mail from the virtual maildirs to the user maildirs
      [*]When you're sure everything is working, vdeldomain localdomain (removes the old virtual domain)[/list:o][/list:o]

So, mail delivery works fine, and I can read mail using command-line MUAs, which was the goal.

However, I can't seem to access the /etc/passwd accounts using IMAP or POP3.  I'm using the courier POP3 daemon.  I rebuilt courier-IMAP but that didn't help.  Any suggestions?

[davidcl]

If you want to use system accounts with courier-pop3 or courier-imap, you have to add the following to /etc/pam.conf

imap  account required        pam_unix.soimap  session required        pam_permit.sopop3  account required        pam_unix.sopop3  session required        pam_permit.so

Thanks to Matt for a nudge in the right direction on this.