[Dovecot] Configuration file changes

[Timo Sirainen]

On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 15:22, Farkas Levente wrote:
> as most people point out, it's better not to create subfolders under 
> /var/run (at least with redhat) and it currently still not a god solution.

It doesn't matter where you put the files, as long as different server
groups have different login_dir.

> anyway what was the group inside the group in the first example?

Well, those are where the logic is still somewhat messy in my head :) I
think you would want to have groups which:

1. Simply provide default settings for any subgroups without doing
anything themselves:

group {
  protocols = imap
  # some IMAP defaults for a/b
  group server-a { ... }
  group server-b { ... }
}

group {
  protocols = pop3
  # different POP3 defaults for a/b
  group server-a { ... }
  group server-b { ... }
}

2. Are servers themselves, providing defaults for subgroups:

group main-server {
  # defaults
  login {
    listen = main.server.org
  }
  auth default {
    # ...
  }
  group debug-server {
    login {
      listen = debug.main.server.org
      auth_verbose = yes
    }
    # possibly a few other settings changed
  }
}

3. Belong to same server instance, but use different settings for
different users:

group server {
  # ...
  auth default {
    mechanisms = plain
    userdb = ldap /etc/main-ldap.conf
    passdb = ldap /etc/main-ldap.conf
  }
  group power-users {
    # .. different settings for power-users
    auth power-users {
      mechanisms = plain
      userdb = ldap /etc/power-users-ldap.conf
      passdb = ldap /etc/power-users-ldap.conf
    }
  }
  group lusers {
    # .. different settings for lusers
    auth lusers {
      mechanisms = plain
      userdb = ldap /etc/lusers-ldap.conf
      passdb = ldap /etc/lusers-ldap.conf
    }
  }
}

> and what was the anonymous?

Nothing special. Just another server with different settings.

Oh, and the group name doesn't actually matter at all. You wouldn't even
need to give it at all. I was also thinking that if group name wasn't
given, that would mean that it's a dummy group (type 1 above) which
shouldn't tried to be started.