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2.6. pam_mysql

pam means "Pluggable Authentication module" and was originally proposed by

some people at Sun. In meantime a lot of modules have been developed. One of

them is an interface to MySQL

With pam_mysql you store the users password in a MySQL database. Further,

Postfix is able to lookup aliases from a MySQL table. At the end of the day, you

have a base for all administrative tasks to be done by the postmaster.

You will be able to delegate some tasks to powerusers. For example, tasks such as

creating accounts, changing passwords and creating new aliases can be delegated to

an administrator for a particular domain. At the end of the day, you, as a sysadmin,

will have the time to do some more productive tasks or write a HOWTO for the

Linux Documentation Project.

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