[Dovecot] file system permissions

Jim Horner jhorner at arinbe.com
Mon Jan 14 05:10:12 EET 2008


On Sunday 13 January 2008 21:37:27 Anil wrote:
> I am using Maildir and virtual domains.
>
> I have the following definitions in the dovecot.conf:
> mail_uid = 10000
> mail_gid = 10000
> mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/apps/%d/%n/Maildir
> ...
>
> Userdb database is LDAP based. Some users in LDAP might have a uid/gid


We do the same thing but we use user_global_uid and user_global_gid defined in 
the dovecot-ldap.conf file... it is not clear if you are using a PAM/LDAP or 
direct LDAP configuration but the options I mention are defined in this wiki 
page:

http://wiki.dovecot.org/AuthDatabase/LDAP


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