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howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql:database [2015/02/15 22:05 (UTC)] – astrogeekhowtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql:database [2015/03/08 09:33 (UTC)] – Updated astrogeek
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-===== Virtual Mail Server Database ===== +====== Virtual Mail Server Database ====== 
-<note important>This article is under construction and not complete! Please return later...</note>+ 
 +This page is supplemental to main article: [[howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql|Creating a Virtual Mail Server with Postfix, Dovecot and MySQL]]
  
 The database is used to provide configuration and authentication for your virtual mail domains and mail boxes. Email content is not stored in the database in this configuration. The database is used to provide configuration and authentication for your virtual mail domains and mail boxes. Email content is not stored in the database in this configuration.
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 If you have a full Slackware installation with MySQL already working then you may skip to the next section. If you have a full Slackware installation with MySQL already working then you may skip to the next section.
  
-If you need to install MySQL (MariaDB) then grab the package from a repo, verify it, then install it:+If you need to install MySQL (MariaDB) then grab the package and sigfile from a repo, verify it, then install it:
 <code> <code>
 # For 32 bit package # # For 32 bit package #
 wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-2_slack14.1.txz wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-2_slack14.1.txz
 +wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-i486-2_slack14.1.txz.asc
 # For 64 bit package # # For 64 bit package #
 wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz
-gpg --verify mariadb-5.5.40...txz {path to your downloaded package}+wget http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mariadb-5.5.40-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz.asc 
 +gpg --verify mariadb-5.5.40...txz.asc {path to your downloaded package sigfile}
 installpkg mariadb-5.5.40...txz installpkg mariadb-5.5.40...txz
 </code> </code>
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 </code> </code>
  
-To reset the password for an email user:+To reset the password for an email user, substitute the new password and email values into this query:
 <code>mysql> UPDATE virtual_users SET <code>mysql> UPDATE virtual_users SET
 password=ENCRYPT('new-password', CONCAT('$6$', SUBSTRING(SHA(RAND()), -16))) password=ENCRYPT('new-password', CONCAT('$6$', SUBSTRING(SHA(RAND()), -16)))
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 For troubleshooting, use the queries shown above to verify the domains, email users and aliases in the database at any time, and to reset virtual user passwords. For troubleshooting, use the queries shown above to verify the domains, email users and aliases in the database at any time, and to reset virtual user passwords.
 [[howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql|Return to main article page]] [[howtos:network_services:postfix_dovecot_mysql|Return to main article page]]
 +====== Sources ======
 +  * Originally written by [[wiki:user:astrogeek | astrogeek]]
 {{tag>howtos email postfix dovecot mysql}} {{tag>howtos email postfix dovecot mysql}}

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