[Dovecot] passdb/userdb args

[François Wautier]

Hi,

On Friday 07 September 2007 01:42, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
> Thank you - I was thinking perhaps a wrapper script would be necessary.
>

You are welcome.

> How do the multiple userdb/passdb sections work?  Once a match is found,
> does processing stop?  Or are multiple matches combined?  Does the
> "userdb static" set defaults which could be used for the userdb ldap?
>

Not sure here. I only use Active Directory (i.e. LDAP) for authentication. 

I remember trying, in vain, to use the static userdb, so I guess (and 
expected) the processing to stop on the first match. I am not sure how you 
would combine things with the "deny=yes" setting for example.

Cheers,
	François



> François Wautier wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was face with a similar problem a couple of month ago. If I recall
> > correctly, the system needed the "home" variable but it was empty because
> > it could not be retrieved in the Actuve Directory tree.
> >
> > Here is what I did (adapted to your setup..... I think)
> >
> > In my ldap setup I set
> > 	pass_attrs = mail=userdb_home
> >
> >
> >
> > In the main conf file I did
> >
> > 	mail_executable = /usr/libexec/dovecot/special.sh
> >
> > And in "special.sh" I put
> >
> > 	#!/bin/sh
> > 	myuser=`echo $HOME|sed s/@.*$//`
> > 	domain=`echo $HOME|sed s/^.*@//`
> > 	export USER=$HOME
> > 	export HOME=/var/mail/${domain}/${myuser}
> > 	export MAIL="maildir:${HOME}"
> > 	exec /usr/libexec/dovecot/imap
> >
> >
> > Voila!
> >
> > Make sure that special.sh is where "mail_executable" says it is.... And
> > don't forget to chmod a+x it.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> > 	François
> >
> > On Thursday 06 September 2007 06:20, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
> >> I'm a bit unclear on these - give me a moment to ramble on.  I should
> >> mention I'm using version 1.0.3, my primary backend is LDAP, and I do
> >> NOT want to store user mail folders in my LDAP directory.
> >>
> >> I currently have the following:
> >>
> >> default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/%d/%n
> >> passdb ldap {
> >>     args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
> >> }
> >> # Instructions for deliver state a userdb is still required if using
> >> prefetch
> >> userdb ldap {
> >>     args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
> >> }
> >> userdb prefetch {
> >> }
> >>
> >> My dovecot-ldap.conf is pretty simple - the trimmed version is:
> >> hosts = localhost
> >> auth_bind = no
> >> user_attrs = %d/%n=mail
> >> user_filter = (mail=%u)
> >> pass_attrs = (&(userPassword=password)(mail=%u))
> >> user_global_uid = 5000
> >> user_global_gid = 8
> >>
> >> I recognize that the pass_attrs is incorrect for a prefetch config - but
> >> I couldn't get it to work.  My mail folder structure is
> >> /var/mail/domain/username.
> >>
> >> If, under 1.0.3, I can't use the %d/%n variables to build the
> >> user/home/mail parameters in the LDAP config, can I do it in the
> >> configuration stanza?  Something like:
> >>
> >> passdb ldap{
> >>     args = home=%dn/%n mail=%d/%n /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf
> >> }