[Dovecot] passwd authentication issues (ATTN: Petar)

[Bruce Lane]

Hi, Petar,

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On 12-Jul-06 at 08:49 Petar Bogdanovic wrote:

>> # wish to run the whole Dovecot without roots.
>> # http://wiki.dovecot.org/Rootless
>> login_chroot = yes
>
>Hmm, I had chroot(8) on my mind, but AFAIK, this option and chroot(8) 
>have both something to do with chroot(2).
>
>I don't fully understand what `login_chroot' is actually doing. However, 
>it's not activated in my dovecot.conf.
>
>$ grep login_chroot dovecot.conf.ssl
>#login_chroot = yes

	I changed my own file to reflect this. Didn't make any difference.

>What does `protocols' from your dovecot.conf say?

	Just pop3 and pop3s. That's it.

>That question war related to chroot(8). If you chroot things and if you 
>want to authenticate `passwd'-users in this new chroot-ed environment.. 
>then you need at least pwd.db.

	In the same directory as Dovecot's configuration file, I'd wager? I've not tried copying them into there just yet. Perhaps I should...

>> 	One other question: Pegasus (the mail client) has two options for
>secure POP connections besides apop (which I've shelved for the moment):
>STLS and direct SSL connection. I've got it set to direct SSL at the
>moment. Does this sound right?
>
>How about trying plain-pop3 / plain-imap? Maybe your problem has 
>something to do with ssl..

	Well, I'm not set up at all for IMAP, and plain pop3 doesn't work either when Dovecot is enabled (it insists on getting authentication).

	I'm going to experiment a little more, but I'm kind of losing faith. I'd looked upon Dovecot to be an all-in-one solution for both TLS and pop3s, but the configuration is turning out to be something of a nightmare. It's too bad qpopper wouldn't compile on my system...

	Thanks much.


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