Why not use LDAP for authentication ? If one LDAP server is not enough (but
then
you will need MANY users), you can use replication to n servers. LDAP is an
open
standard, therefore you can start with a simple LDAP server like OpenLDAP at
the
beginning and replace it be a better one if you need it later. This will not
work
with MySQL.
Daniel Matuschek
Swisscom IP-Plus
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From: Kevin J Menard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Donnerstag, 4. Januar 2001 13:59
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: auth method for scalability
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Hello,
I'm looking at a deploying a light webmail system. I am debating
over
what auth method would be best for the task. As far as I can
fortell,
I'd probably only need something for the web server to authenticate
against (to allow one to send mail), and something for Cyrus to
authenticate against (to retrieve mail).
Honestly, I don't see this being a very large user database (and I
use the term generically), but I like to do things with scalability
in
mind, so if there ever were a time when my user database grew to a
decent size, I would not be pressed with the even harder issue of
converting an existing system to a newer one.
Would the SASL DB provide such functionality? My only fear with this
is it cannot be load balanced very well (afaik), as postfix (my mta
of
choice) does not like to use NFS. (Please correct me if I'm wrong
anywhere here).
I was thinking perhaps a MySQL solution, but even though I can
isolate
the rbdm on another machine, it can only be distributed on one
machine
(once again, afaik).
So, if anyone out there has done something similar or just has a good
idea in general, please let me know.
Thanks.
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Best regards,
Kevin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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