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This patch to Postfix adds a new map type that performs lookups by querying a user-specified external program. Examples and documentations included.
This diff adds prog map support to a vanilla Postfix (release 19990601).
Example of actual use: I want to alias group-XXX to "all users in group XXX", and "all" to all user accounts (with UIDS >= 1000). main.cf should contain:
alias_maps = prog:valiases, hash:/etc/postfix/aliases valiases_command = /usr/local/libexec/virtual_aliases
/usr/local/libexec/virtual_aliases is a shell script that performs the lookup in /etc/passwd (it would be easily adapted to NIS).
Disclaimer: this code is EXPERIMENTAL! Use at your own risks! Feedback welcome at thomas@cuivre.fr.eu.org.
Last update: 2003-03-09