[Dovecot] auth.txt

Tom Metro tmetro+dovecot at vl.com
Sat Aug 28 22:09:50 EEST 2004


Timo Sirainen wrote:
>> auth_userdb = passwd: /etc/passwd
>> auth_passdb = passwd: /etc/passwd
> 
> It should have been either "passwd" or "passwd-file /etc/passwd". No ':' 

I bet this confusion comes from auth.txt, which shows:

> Currently supported password databases:
> 
>  - passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam()
>  - shadow: /etc/shadow or similiar, using getspnam()
[...]
> 
> Currently supported user databases:
> 
>  - passwd: /etc/passwd or similiar, using getpwnam()
>  - passwd-file: /etc/passwd-like file in specified location


Always good to show examples of the literal syntax.

  -Tom



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