<quote who="Klaus P. Pieper"> > Now we are looking for a way to set up shared folders and bulletin > boards. However, as far as I can see, the Cyrus server reads the > user-to-group relationship always from /etc/group. Is there a way to use > the database for this purpose? If not, can the Cyrus server be run > chrooted with its own /etc/group? Or is there any other workaround to > avoid using /etc/group of the base system? >
I am assuming you're referring to taking advantage of group:foo style ACL entries. Google for, and set up, nss_mysql. Cyrus reads group membership information from the NSS subsystem. Setting up nss_mysql will have the added side-benefit of allowing you to use finger, id, and other UNIX account information widgets on your MySQL based users. They'll essentially be as "normal" as a user in the /etc password & group database files. --Scott --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
