centos-bounces at centos.org wrote on 08.11.2010 13:54:15: > ahmad riza h nst <rizahnst at gmail.com> > Gesendet von: centos-bounces at centos.org > > 08.11.2010 13:54 > > Bitte antworten an > CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > > An > > CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > > Kopie > > Thema > > Re: [CentOS] large numbers of linux system user for postfix > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Ben McGinnes <ben at adversary.org> wrote: > > On 8/11/10 7:30 PM, ahmad riza h nst wrote: > >> hello, > >> > >> i need to setup a mail server with postfix + dovecot + webmin + > >> virtualmin + virtual user with linux system user. the virtual user > >> may reach to thousands user from several hundreds virtual domains. > > > > That shouldn't be a problem. Postfix has had support for this for > > well over a decade. > > > >> what i concern is large numbers of linux system user which used in > >> these setup, is it good or bad? > > > > Virtual users with a Postfix/Dovecot installation does not equate to > > real Linux/shell accounts. If the only service being provided is > > mail, then there's no reason to create real accounts. > > > Ben, > the problem is we would use webmin + virtualmin as an interface for > costumers to manage their domain (mainly emails) on the server and > virtualmin don't use/support mysql + vpopmail yet, at least that what > i understand at this moment. > virtualmin choose to use unix system user with postfix, so if i create > an email then it create one unix system user too, this is what i'm > concern, since i don't have any information about what happen to > linux/centos if these unix system user growing bigger and bigger to > reach some thousands users for an example. > >> maybe somebody would share their experience about this setup ? > >> > >> any links would be good. > >> > >> postfix 2.6.7 > >> dovecot 2.0.6 > >> centos 5.x > > > > Is there any particular reason you've chosen these versions? That is, > > are there specific functions which these versions provide that are not > > in prior versions? > > > > I ask because I'm running these versions in CentOS 5.x: > > > > postfix-2.3.3-2.1.el5_2.i386 > > dovecot-1.0.7-7.el5.i386 > > > > If the only concern is security updates, these are backported to the > > current versions in CentOS. > no particular reason, i just new to postfix, currently i'm qmail + > vpopmail admin. > i read on postfix and dovecot website about latest stable release and > i installed from source :) > i know that centos have postfix + dovecot + mysql as a rpm package. > > > >> webmin + virtualmin > > > > I've had no experience with either of these as I edit the config files > > with a text editor. > > > these webmin + virtualmin mainly for user interface to manage their > domain on the server (just like control panel on hosting server) > > > > Regards, > > Ben > > > > -- > > Ben McGinnes http://www.adversary.org/ Twitter: benmcginnes > > Systems Administrator, Writer, ICT Consultant > > Encrypted email preferred - primary OpenPGP/GPG key: 0xA04AE313 > > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x371AC5BFA04AE313 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > > -- > http://blog.rizahnst.org > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi, for those setups I dont't use webmin and usermin. I have only 1 user (vmail) und the administration of all domains, user I'm doing with postfixadmin. Regards, Andreas -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20101108/6e9d7bd3/attachment-0005.html>