Re: how do I conceptualize system & virtual users?

On Jun 19, 2015 9:08 AM, "lejeczek" peljasz@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

I guess this would be a common case, I am hoping for some final

clarification.

a few Linux boxes share ldap (multi-master) backend that PAM/SSSD uses to

Boxes are in the same both DNS and Samba domains.

Do I treat these users as system or virtual users from postfix/dovecot

authenticated users, and these LDAPs are also is used by Samba, users start @ uid 1000. perspective?

If it can be a matter of choice then which is better/best?

  I would make them virtual users. This way you can abstract and scale

things up. Also your normal users then would not need to have access to your mail servers; they only access the services.

many thanks.