[freeside] User Packages

[Jeff Raffo]

Thanks.... I figured it out.

We are working on setting up Freeside to auth through PAM and a PostgreSQL
database and bypass the /etc/passwd file all together.  Have you heard of
any other uses out there that have tried this?

Thanks again...

Raffo



----- Original Message -----
From: "ivan" <ivan at 420.am>
To: <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [freeside] User Packages


> On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 01:07:07PM -0700, Jeff Raffo wrote:
> > I am having problems figuring this out....
> >
> > I want to be able to add a customer with the services: 1 Shell account,
> > Dialup access and a mailbox and have all those services user the same
> > username and password.
> >
> > My question is that as I try and setup a whole package now I add the
> > username and password for the shell account then move on to the mail
> > account.  From here do I *ADD* the mailbox or *LINK* the mailbox to the
> > shell account?
>
> Add.  `Link' is _only_ for when you've imported legacy services of any
> sort, and need to associate them with customers manually, as per the
> instruactions on the Package View screen:
>
> Choose (Add) to setup a new service
> Choose (Link to existing) to link to a legacy (pre-Freeside) service
>
> If a user has a shell account and mailbox with the same username, there
> should be a single service and entry in svc_acct.
>
> >  If I link it with the same username as the shell account it
> > seems to work ok but then if I try to link the dialup access to that
> > username the "view" option for the shell account goes away as though it
was
> > never added?
> >
> > I have the same question about adding the dialup access... do I add it
or
> > link it?
>
> If a user has a dialup, shell account and mailbox with the same
> username, there should be a single service and entry in svc_acct,
> not three.
>
> --
> meow
> _ivan
>