separate login IDs/passwords for email and users
 

My web host just set up a user account for me on a Linux (9.0) server.

Currently the user account loginID/password and email loginID/password is the same . . .

How do I set up separate login & pw's for user access and email?


Thanks!

Ideally users that only need access to one service like POP3 should not have full user accounts: they should be considered "virtual users". PAM can provide access to separate databases, but AFAIk this really depends on what the POP3 daemon you're running implements.

unSpawn, I'm running sendmail included with Linux Redhat 9.3.

Can you point me to info on how to set up virtual users and PAM?

Thanks for your help.

Have a look at http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Vir...-HOWTO-9.html, and Google around/search LQ for info on secure POP3 daemons like popa3d, vm-pop3d etc etc.