[gentoo-user] Postfix, LDAP, courier-imap, how do i get them to talk to each other?

[gentoo-user] Postfix, LDAP, courier-imap, how do i get them to talk to each other?

[Jakub Krajcovic]

Hello all,

I am finishing the installation of a gentoo server, and $SUBJECT is  
the last thing that i need to do.
The server's primary purpose is to server as a PDC for a windows  
domain. The user accounts (both posix and samba) are stored in ldap,  
as are the machine accounts (i followed the instructions on  
samba.idealx.org to set it up). The accounts in ldap are valid unix  
accounts (posix - like i mentioned earlier), the only thing is that  
they do not have a shell, (eg /bin/false) because the users only use  
samba, and do not connect to the server itself for shell access. Each  
user has a valid home directory (eg /home/group/user) and of course,  
a password.

I configured postfix to relay mail, and now i need to configure it to  
receive mail, pass it to courier-imap (configure courier-imap), and  
make courier look for delivery info in the ldap database, and deliver  
the friggin email. I need the email stored in Maildir format, and  
preferably, i would want it to be stored in /home/group/user/.maildir  
(eg ~user/.maildir)

Could someone please help me with this? I have followed this guide:  
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Postfix- 
LDAP_virtual_users_with_qmail_schema and did some configuration  
according to this, but i was not able to get it working, as this  
deals primarily with virtual users, but my users are "real". I  
googled, checked the forums, but i found nothing that would solve my  
problem.

Also, i am using qmailSchema for the users that i need to give email  
to. The fields that are defined for "mail-enabled" users are:

mail: user@domain.sk
accountStatus: active
mailMessageStore: /home/group/user/.maildir (is this correct?)


In case anyone would be willing to assist, but you would need the  
config files, please let me know, and i will post them on my server.

thanks in advance to anyone willing to help


S pozdravom / Best regards
jakub krajcovic



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Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix, LDAP, courier-imap, how do i get them to talk to each other?

[Jose Gonzalez Gomez]

2005/9/2, Jakub Krajcovic <jakub.krajcovic@gmail.com>:
> Hello all,
> 
> I am finishing the installation of a gentoo server, and $SUBJECT is
> the last thing that i need to do.
> The server's primary purpose is to server as a PDC for a windows
> domain. The user accounts (both posix and samba) are stored in ldap,
> as are the machine accounts (i followed the instructions on
> samba.idealx.org to set it up). The accounts in ldap are valid unix
> accounts (posix - like i mentioned earlier), the only thing is that
> they do not have a shell, (eg /bin/false) because the users only use
> samba, and do not connect to the server itself for shell access. Each
> user has a valid home directory (eg /home/group/user) and of course,
> a password.
> 
> I configured postfix to relay mail, and now i need to configure it to
> receive mail, pass it to courier-imap (configure courier-imap), and
> make courier look for delivery info in the ldap database, and deliver
> the friggin email. I need the email stored in Maildir format, and
> preferably, i would want it to be stored in /home/group/user/.maildir
> (eg ~user/.maildir)
> 
> Could someone please help me with this? I have followed this guide:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Postfix-
> LDAP_virtual_users_with_qmail_schema and did some configuration
> according to this, but i was not able to get it working, as this
> deals primarily with virtual users, but my users are "real". I
> googled, checked the forums, but i found nothing that would solve my
> problem.
> 
> Also, i am using qmailSchema for the users that i need to give email
> to. The fields that are defined for "mail-enabled" users are:
> 
> mail: user@domain.sk
> accountStatus: active
> mailMessageStore: /home/group/user/.maildir (is this correct?)
> 
> 
> In case anyone would be willing to assist, but you would need the
> config files, please let me know, and i will post them on my server.
> 
> thanks in advance to anyone willing to help
> 
> 
> S pozdravom / Best regards
> jakub krajcovic
> 

Sometime ago I had some installation with that software and a similar
setup, although I don't remember the exact details. Anyway I seem to
remember that the mail wasn't delivered to the home directory of every
user, as it's a bit tricky to do so: the MTA should have write access
to all the home directories. I'm currently using Cyrus IMAP and
delivering mail through LMTP.

Anyway, you may treat your users as virtual and store the mail
anywhere else. Keep in mind that storing mail in the user's home
directory is intended for systems where users access mail directly in
their file system (as they used some time ago) instead of going
through a POP3/IMAP server, as it's mainly done nowadays. Moreover,
you're not giving your users shell access, so you don't have to worry
for giving direct access to mail files (unless you're mounting those
directories from anywhere else).

HTH,
Jose

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Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix, LDAP, courier-imap, how do i get them to talk to each other?

[Brett Schroeder]

All the answers are here http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html

Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote:
> 2005/9/2, Jakub Krajcovic <jakub.krajcovic@gmail.com>:
> 
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I am finishing the installation of a gentoo server, and $SUBJECT is
>>the last thing that i need to do.
>>The server's primary purpose is to server as a PDC for a windows
>>domain. The user accounts (both posix and samba) are stored in ldap,
>>as are the machine accounts (i followed the instructions on
>>samba.idealx.org to set it up). The accounts in ldap are valid unix
>>accounts (posix - like i mentioned earlier), the only thing is that
>>they do not have a shell, (eg /bin/false) because the users only use
>>samba, and do not connect to the server itself for shell access. Each
>>user has a valid home directory (eg /home/group/user) and of course,
>>a password.
>>
>>I configured postfix to relay mail, and now i need to configure it to
>>receive mail, pass it to courier-imap (configure courier-imap), and
>>make courier look for delivery info in the ldap database, and deliver
>>the friggin email. I need the email stored in Maildir format, and
>>preferably, i would want it to be stored in /home/group/user/.maildir
>>(eg ~user/.maildir)
>>
>>Could someone please help me with this? I have followed this guide:
>>http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Postfix-
>>LDAP_virtual_users_with_qmail_schema and did some configuration
>>according to this, but i was not able to get it working, as this
>>deals primarily with virtual users, but my users are "real". I
>>googled, checked the forums, but i found nothing that would solve my
>>problem.
>>
>>Also, i am using qmailSchema for the users that i need to give email
>>to. The fields that are defined for "mail-enabled" users are:
>>
>>mail: user@domain.sk
>>accountStatus: active
>>mailMessageStore: /home/group/user/.maildir (is this correct?)
>>
>>
>>In case anyone would be willing to assist, but you would need the
>>config files, please let me know, and i will post them on my server.
>>
>>thanks in advance to anyone willing to help
>>
>>
>>S pozdravom / Best regards
>>jakub krajcovic
>>
> 
> 
> Sometime ago I had some installation with that software and a similar
> setup, although I don't remember the exact details. Anyway I seem to
> remember that the mail wasn't delivered to the home directory of every
> user, as it's a bit tricky to do so: the MTA should have write access
> to all the home directories. I'm currently using Cyrus IMAP and
> delivering mail through LMTP.
> 
> Anyway, you may treat your users as virtual and store the mail
> anywhere else. Keep in mind that storing mail in the user's home
> directory is intended for systems where users access mail directly in
> their file system (as they used some time ago) instead of going
> through a POP3/IMAP server, as it's mainly done nowadays. Moreover,
> you're not giving your users shell access, so you don't have to worry
> for giving direct access to mail files (unless you're mounting those
> directories from anywhere else).
> 
> HTH,
> Jose
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix, LDAP, courier-imap, how do i get them to talk to each other?

[Jakub Krajcovic]

Hi Jose,

That was exactly what i was thinking too, but i solved it a bit  
differently now. I used maildrop for local mailbox delivery, and i  
finally got the beast running. Although it is still not working the  
way i wanted, it is working never the less.


S pozdravom / Best regards
jakub krajcovic



On Sep 3, 2005, at 10:58 AM, Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote:

> Sometime ago I had some installation with that software and a similar
> setup, although I don't remember the exact details. Anyway I seem to
> remember that the mail wasn't delivered to the home directory of every
> user, as it's a bit tricky to do so: the MTA should have write access
> to all the home directories. I'm currently using Cyrus IMAP and
> delivering mail through LMTP.
>
> Anyway, you may treat your users as virtual and store the mail
> anywhere else. Keep in mind that storing mail in the user's home
> directory is intended for systems where users access mail directly in
> their file system (as they used some time ago) instead of going
> through a POP3/IMAP server, as it's mainly done nowadays. Moreover,
> you're not giving your users shell access, so you don't have to worry
> for giving direct access to mail files (unless you're mounting those
> directories from anywhere else).
>
> HTH,
> Jose
>
>

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