[Dovecot] Dovecot LDA, LDAP, Postfix and Spawning programs..
Jorgen Lundman
lundman at lundman.net
Thu Nov 16 00:42:54 UTC 2006
Qmail, when using LDAP, a user can specify delvieryProgramPath, or a .qmail
file, to launch something like procmail. Qmail correctly setuid() to the uids
set for the user in LDAP, as well as set up the common env vars (HOME, USER,
MAILDIR).
We moved to Postfix but found that it is quite lacking in the features supported
when it comes to "virtual" users. No .forward, and if you set up an alternate
transport, they are run as "any user but root, nor postfix, nor the
virtual-user's uid". And worse, does not even supply the HOME/MAILDIR values to
transport delivery plugin. (Forcing it to getpwnam() or similar).
I have an option to make my own setuid program to query LDAP (postmap -q would
work), setuid() and call, say, procmail.
It has been suggested I can use "maildrop" as it can talk to LDAP.
However, I picked "Dovecot" as my pop3/imap program due to an irrational dislike
of Courier imap.
So, if I tried Dovecot-LDA, would it support the user optionally having a
".forward" file, or perhaps the LDAP attribute deliveryProgramPath, or some
other way to filter based on subject/body to sort, and/or forward, mail?
If it can use LDAP, will it setuid() to the users uid (as set in LDAP, assuming
I cook the LDAP conf entries correctly) when delivering(I'd hope so!) and
running external filters?
I am still running rc10, which works well but flips out regularly. (Previously
mentioned 'too many files open' bug, some leaks in locks) I will upgrade when
the LDAP changes are deemed stable.
Lund
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