Vpopmail - roaming users configuration
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Vpopmail - roaming users configuration
If you want to use the vpopmail roaming users configuration option here area few steps to follow :
1. rpm -Uvh vpopmail-toaster*.src.rpm
go to (if you didnt set your own .rpmmacros config) /usr/src/redhat/SPECS and edit the file vpopmail-toaster.spec look for the configure options .. (./configure --prefix ....) line and change --disable-roaming-users into --enable-roaming-users .. If you want to add/remove other options do it now..
2. rpmbuild -bb --with [your_distro] vpopmail-toaster.spec
just wait after issuing that command cd ../RPMS/i386 STOP qmail : /etc/init.d/qmail stop or qmailctl stop rpm -Uvh --replacefiles --replacepkgs vpopmail-toaster*.rpm IF you keep RPMS make sure you point to the one you just rebuilt not and old one ... START qmail : /etc/init.d/qmail start or qmailctl start
3. The roaming system authorize a user who authentificated (pop3 before smtp)
the right to relay, it adds your ip to the cdb file /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb .. This file must be owned by vpopmail.vchkpw do this now : chown vpopmail.vchkpw /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb
Then edit /etc/init.d/qmail look for the section cdb) : cdb) tcprules /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.tmp < /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp chmod 644 /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp*
add here -> chown vpopmail.vchkpw /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp.cdb <-
echo "Reloaded /etc/tcprules.d/tcp.smtp"
The purpose of this, whenever you reload your cdb files it will give you the proper rights and ownership on the file
4. By default it is 3 hours (180mins) authorization after pop authentification
for roaming users I d suggest to set a crontab to check the ips allowed to relay I chose every 30mins 0,30 * * * * /home/vpopmail/bin/clearopensmtp
NB: you could change the default time by adding this configure option :
--enable-relay-clear-minutes=# to the spec file
Also note that roaming access is only available to users checking mail via POP3. If you have users who connect via POP3-SSL, IMAP, or IMAP-SSL they are not added to the list of authenticated users. See this thread for more info: http://www.mail-archive.com/vchkpw@inter7.com/msg24375.html