Re: VIRTUAL - User Permissions and Ownership

On Tue, 24 May 2005 16:32:55 -0700
Postmaster <Postmaster@light-hall.com> wrote:

> Quoting Keith Matthews <postfix@frequentous.co.uk>:
>
> > On Tue, 24 May 2005 15:40:57 -0700
> > Postmaster <Postmaster@light-hall.com> wrote:
> >

> > > transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
> > > unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450
> > > virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
> > > virtual_gid_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/gids
> >
> > What's in here ?
> >
> > > virtual_mailbox_base = /var/mail/vhosts
> > > virtual_mailbox_domains = hall-brothers.com, miss-light.com,
> > > light-hall.com
> > > virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmailbox
> > > virtual_minimum_uid = 100
> > > virtual_uid_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/uids
> >
> > And here ?
> >
> >
> > Because those are the values you must match.
> >
>
> =======================
>
> /var/mail/vhosts/
>
> contains DIRECTORIES (not filenames) of:
>
> hall.brothers.com
> miss-light.com
> light-hall.com
>
> Complete with the ".com" in the filename...
>
> sample of /etc/postfix/vmailbox:
> *
> *
> somename1@miss-light.com miss-light.com/somename1
> somename2@miss-light.com miss-light.com/somename2
> *
> sample of /etc/postfix/uids:
> *
> *
> somename1@miss-light.com 5303
> somename2@miss-light.com 5304
> *
> sample of /etc/postfix/gids:
> *
> *
> @hall-brothers.com 5200
> @miss-light.com 5300
> *
>
> in /etc/postfix/main.cf
> I have changed to virtual_minimum_uid = 5000
>
> maybe of note...I am sending (and receiving) on the "real" domain of
> the box...light-family.com but, next stop will be blacklists and
> spam control, I can't believe how fast the *&%&* spammers find you!

This should work but if the users do not have shell-level accounts on
the box then such fine detail is an unnecessary complexity. If the
POP/IMAP server is a decent one and is set up correctly then the users
cannot see each other's mail anyway.

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