Article:		More LDAP in Mac OS X Server
Subject:		Groups?
Date:		2004-11-28 17:26:35
From:		bripakes
I'm at the stage where I've enabled the Directory Inspector and entered user information... but I am missing one last piece... groups! Any suggestions?? I tried adding email addresses to groups I created in WGM, but always get an error kicked back once I try to save... I'm trying to get our department to use Apple Mail, but will not make the move until I am able to distribute mail groups to my users... something Eudora makes quite easy... Brian

Showing messages 1 through 2 of 2.

• Groups?
  2004-11-28 18:19:57  tonywilliams [View]
  
  

  Unfortunately the mail system in OS X doesn't use the groups in the LDAP directory and it is a non-trivial exercise to get it to use them.

  
  
  

  However groups are merely an instance of a mailing list and there are a few ways you can get mailling lists working. you can use Mailman, built into OS X or they can be in the alias file.

  
  
  

  TYou can find the alias file as /etc/aliases and you can either enter the list straight into this file so :
  
  group-address: member1@example.com, member2@example.com, member3@example.com
  
  or you can have the addresses in a separate file included like so
  
  group-address: include /path/to/file
  
  and then put each member of the list on a separate line in the file.

  
  
  

  With a little thought you could write a Perl script that wrote the files for you.

  
  
  

  Once you have the files done then run sudo postaliases /etc/aliases so that the mailer can rebuild its internal database and you are done.

  

Tony
• Groups?
  2006-04-25 00:43:07  gkjapan [View]
  
  
  Can I use the above method if I am not hosting my own mail? Currently just hosting AFP, DNS and OD on 10.4.5 Server, and mail is outsourced. I just want to have the ability to have users send mail to a group of other users. Isn't there a way to do this? Has anything changed since the article was written?
  
  Thanks for any help,
  Gary