[Dovecot] multiple auth-client sockets

[LEVAI Daniel]

Hi!

I'm gonna need to use dovecot's auth-client socket in an authentication 
program. Now the auth-client socket is only used by my MTA, which is postfix. 
Because postfix's smtpd process (which uses the auth-client socket) runs 
chrooted under postfix's spool directory, I must create the auth-client socket 
under that spool directory. However, to reach that socket from another 
chrooted program is impossible. Can I create multiple instances of auth-client 
sockets? I tried to define another client {} stanza in socket listen {} in 
dovecot.conf, but only the last client socket got created.
I need only a true or false response from dovecot regarding the 
authentication, and I thought that this is exactly what auth-client socket 
will do. However, if I can not reach it, is there any alternative to this? 
What's up with the auth-master or auth-worker sockets? Are they capable of 
respond to an auth request too?

btw, I'm running dovecot-1.2.3


Thanks!


Daniel

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