[Dovecot] username and password not from /etc/passwd

[Jonas Smedegaard]

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Zoong Pham wrote:
| Can dovecot use usernames and passwords not from /etc/passwd and be
able to
| read mails of an user whose username and password are in /etc/passwd ?
[...]
| I use OpenBSD-3.4, Sendmail 8.12.9, dovecot-0.99.10p0 (pre-compiled
packaged
| from OpenBSD).

On a Debian GNU/Linux machine, I'd configure PAM (Pluggable
Authentication Modules) to use a different authentication scheme than
the default for the imap and pop3 services.

I don't know if that is similar on OpenBSD.


Alternatively (not exactly what you're asking for, but possibly solves
your underlying goal) you can use a fake shell for those users not
allowed shell access.

~ - Jonas

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