All e-mail accounts have the same UID in passwd file

gramzon

• December 04, 2017 10:54

I have recently migrated all e-mail accounts by manually copying the "/etc/(domain)" and "/mail/(domain)" folders to a new server. 1. Upon inspection of the "passwd" file in "/etc/(domain)" I have noticed that all of the transferred accounts have the same UID:GUID (636:634) and that all of the accounts I created after the migration to the new server ("cPanel->Email Accounts->Create Account") also have the same UID:GUID(1004:1006). Is this intended behavior or should all accounts have a different UID? If this is intended, should I change the UID:GUID of the transferred accounts to 1004:1006 as well? 2. The transferred accounts all have this path to the shell "/usr/local/cpanel/bin/noshell" while the accounts I created on the new server have this path "home/(user)". Where can I set the default option to "/usr/local/cpanel/bin/noshell" for newly created accounts? This is an example of a transferred account: username:x:636:634::/home/(user)/mail/domain/username:/usr/local/cpanel/bin/noshell This is an example of a newly created account: username:x:1004:1006::/home/(user)/mail/domain/username:/home/(user) I should note that everything appears to be working after the e-mail migration. I am sorry if this is in the wrong subforum.

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  gramzon

  • December 04, 2017 19:20

  I figured out #1 The e-mail accounts are all created with the UID:GID of the main user located in root "etc/passwd" I changed the UID:GID of the old e-mail accounts that were transferred to reflect the respective user on the new server.

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  cPanelMichael

  • December 04, 2017 20:19

  Hello, I'm glad to see you were able to solve your email account UID issue. As for your other question:

  Where can I set the default option to "/usr/local/cpanel/bin/noshell" for newly created accounts?

  
  You can disable shell access in a package (WHM >> Add a Package) and ensure to use packages when creating new accounts. Or, when creating an account without a package via WHM, choose "Select Options Manually", and ensure "Shell Access" is disabled. For existing accounts, you can use "WHM >> Manage Shell Access" to set an account to "Jailed Shell", and then back to "Disabled Shell" if you need to reset the /etc/passwd entries that you manually copied. Thank you.

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