Re: IMAP/POP3 Administration API?
| From: | Dave Mertens | Date: | Sun, 22 Jul 2001 15:32:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: IMAP/POP3 Administration API? | ||
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> > > Is there any IMAP/POP3 API/Modules of Linux email system (Sendmail)
> written
> > > in PHP?
> > > I am looking for API to write a signup page for users.
> > Have to tried http://www.php.net/imap ?? Great source for
> > API's ;-)
> Have looked through it already. None of them allows me to add/delete users
Most mailserver use the users that exist on the mail server. An mail user is also an regular user
(Althru most of them get an fake shell)
. To add, modify or delete such user you need root privilegde. Webserver such as Apache run with a
user nobody (or similair) which have as less access to the system as possible.
Because php is than also running as user 'nobody'. And then you can't add, modify or
delete users.
If you still want to build a mailuser webinterface, here's how to do-it:
- first make sure only 'localhost' can access the site. Use an port different from
'80'.
To edit the /etc/passwd there's a file in the php4 source directory /pear/files. This file is
called 'Passwd.php' which you can use to edit the /etc/passwd and similair files..
Because every mail server have it own config files, it's not possible to create an
'generic' API. I advise you to download some other web-interfaces for sendmail
so you can see how they're handling the files.
Good luck.
Dave Mertens