[Dovecot] dovecot-shared Problem

[Frank Cusack]

On December 2, 2009 9:58:59 PM +0100 Benny Pedersen <me at junc.org> wrote:
> On ons 02 dec 2009 17:37:54 CET, Frank Cusack wrote
>
>> On December 2, 2009 4:25:35 PM +0100 Darius Bohni <d.bohni at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I need to have read and execute rights of all folders and mails for the
>>> group (needed by the backup deamon).
>>
>> I don't understand how a backup daemon could work if it isn't run as
>> root.
>
> imapsync
>
> root is never needed, not even unsecure permissions is needed

i was thinking backup daemon "in general", since the OP talked about
file permissions.  with imapsync file permissions wouldn't seem to
come into play?

-frank