[Dovecot] Changing password for users
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rob0 at gmx.co.uk
Sat Oct 27 03:26:46 EEST 2012
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:04:13PM +0200, Tom Hendrikx wrote:
> Using a database for managing virtual users seems overkill,
> until you run into issues like this.
>
> I have a postgres backend for 20ish users, and I can plugin
> everything I want. Postfixadmin works geat, and there are many
> password plugins for squirrelmail/roundcube/etc that work with
> such a database.
>
> Disclaimer: I tried the file-based approach too, but kept
> building kludges for things that were a lot simpler with a
> database. In the end, I joined the dark side.
SQLite gives me the best of both worlds: file-based stability with
SQL flexibility and easy backups. There is no Postfixadmin-type
solution out there yet, but if you're fine with sqlite3(1) in the
console, you won't miss it.
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