[Dovecot] dovecot auth using passwd-file

[Brad]

Ahh .. the dovecotpw .. had to build from the latest source to get that
gem.  Ill do that and let you know how it goes.  Thanks a bunch.

On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 09:31 +0100, Jakob Hirsch wrote:
> Brad wrote:
> 
> > wanted to start using another authentication store for virtual users.
> > auth_passdb = pam
> 
> Why do you need pam for virtual users?
> 
> Back in the old 0.99-days, I had this:
> 
> auth_passdb = passwd-file /passwd
> auth_userdb = static uid=103 gid=104 home=/var/spool/vmail
> 
> with passwd lines looking like "someuser:{HMAC-MD5}something". The
> "{HMAC-MD5}something" parts were generated with 'dovecotpw -s HMAC-MD5'
> (you need this for CRAM-MD5).
>