[KLUG Members] Petreley's 5 part Postfix SMTP + Cyrus IMAP E-mail server solution ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

Don't know if this has been around the list(s), but I'd figure I'd
rehash it since I want to discuss it a bit further:
http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0318.ldap1.html
http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0401.ldap2.html
http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0408.ldap3.html
http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0410.ldap4.html
http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2002/0415.ldap5.html

One thing I'm interested in doing is "expanding" on this to include at
least Kerberos for the SASL password store/ticketing, possibly LDAP as
well.  And the easiest, "cook-book" method to implement this on a RedHat
7.2 box with existing packages (or minimal package upgrades -- e.g.,
just rebuilding with additional config options as needed).

Mr. Williams has done an _excellent_job_ in teaching us everything there
is to know about enterprise authentication, directory and other network
services in his continually updated, 300+ (now) slide presentation.  But
it's almost daunting to absorb it all at once, even though I have a
fairly "seasoned" background of CIFS and NIS knowledge (which is just a
small subset of what Mr. Williams educates us on).  Mr. William's
presentation is *THE*COMPLETE*REFERENCE* that I find myself going to
when I want to know _anything_ about Enterprise Linux Services, but I've
yet to find an "elementary quickstart" to it all to build on.

So I guess what I'm looking for is an "elementary starting point" for
implementing just Postfix + IMAP E-mail services with a basic LDAP +
Kerberos framework for directory/authentication.  One that I can add to
in the future, and can be implemented with a stock RedHat 7.2 install
almost "as-is" now (again, with just a few customizations, RPM updates
and/or reconfigs/rebuilds).  I know LDAP requires a bit of planning, so
you cannot just "throw-in" LDAP, but a "common initial company LDAP
template" would do to start.  And we'd worry about accomodating more
services as they were added later.

-- Bryan

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