Hi, I`m looking for some opinions about authentication process for the systems with more than 1000 E-mail accounts. Maybe some one could advise me what is the best authentication method. At the moment I`m storing all passwords in my /etc/passwd. My IMAP server is growing and I`m planning to build new host, my question is: what is the best authentication model for IMAP server ? Do I need to store all user/passwords in mysql or maybe in LDAP ? I`m searching for some solution which will help me to scale my system in the future. Maybe some one could advice me ? Greetings Konrad
* Konra Wawryn:> I`m searching for some solution which will help me to scale my system > in the future.You provided very little information about your requirements, and "to scale" is just as vague a term. Hence, I recommend an LDAP server, because it works in many scenarios, can accommodate thousands of users, and is basically the default solution for this type of write-seldom- read-often type of user data storage. As for MySQL, I would personally not use it for authentication unless I had no other option. -Ralph