I appreciate this option, but my HP-UX trusted system won't support LDAP, so I would have to have the LDAP on another computer, and this would duplicate the account logon we already have. c* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tarjei Huse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Connie S. Fensky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 2:41 AM Subject: Re: Sasl & Unix combined
> Use SASL with ldap authentication. Then set up alumni without the posix > objectclass (just account w/ uid and userpassword I think) and the other > users with full posix capabilities. If you add the sambaobjectclass as > well, and configure a samba-ldap server to use the same server, you got > a single sighon solution. > > Tarjei > > "Connie S. Fensky" wrote: > > > > I have been looking in the archives, but I suspect I am not picking the > > correct combination of keywords. > > > > Does anybody have any suggestions for the following scenario: > > > > 1/3 of my users are currently employees or students--they need accounts > > on my mail server and so would authenticate with the unix password file. > > > > 2/3 of my users are alumni, and only need a mailbox. In fact, I don't > > want them to have an account on the mail server. So they would authenticate > > with sasldb. > > > > Can this be done with a combination of the features of cyrus? I have > > currently: > > > > HP-UX 11.0 > > cyrus-sasl 1.5.24 > > cyrus-imapd-2.0.16 > > db-3.3.11 > > > > I won't be able to upgrade to the newest imap, since I just upgraded to 2.0 > > at Xmas, and had really major performance problems with the Berkeley part, > > and had to go to flat files. (So my bosses won't let me bring down the mail > > server again to do this.). BUT, their bosses want to add the alumni mail > > accounts into the system, and I have to come up with plan. > > > > Thanks in advance for all of your help. > > c* > >
