[Dovecot] SSL_PARAMETERS_PERM_PATH

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Mon Jul 13 23:22:58 EEST 2009


On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 21:56 +0200, Leo Baltus wrote:

> > > Maybe it could be in base_dir or have a configuration option of its own?
> > 
> > It's copied to base_dir, but it's not primarily stored there because
> > base_dir is typically under /var/run/, which gets deleted at boot time.
> 
> Well base_dir is configurable, in our case it is not /var/run and we do no
> use compile-time pahnames, therefore we would like
> SSL_PARAMETERS_PERM_PATH configurable or just to use base_dir.

Why can't you use compile time paths?

> Maybe there a reason not to use base_dir which I am overlooking?

base_dir in most installations is wiped out when rebooting, and the
ssl-parameters file shouldn't be deleted then.

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