[Dovecot] best choice of user database file to work with postfix?

[Peter Hessler]

postfix:

smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth


dovecot:

auth default {
  socket listen {
    client {
      path = /var/spool/postfix/private/auth
      user = _postfix
      group = wheel
      mode = 0660
    }
  }
}

Then configure your favorite auth mechanism for dovecot.  Let bake for 20
minutes, add salt for taste.


On 2010 Apr 21 (Wed) at 10:32:36 -0400 (-0400), Phil Howard wrote:
:I'm setting up a Postfix and Dovecot combination.  What I want to do is have
:a user database that (1) is not running from some engine (so not LDAP or SQL
:or such) ... and (2) is completely disassociated from system users (e.g.
:most email users are not in /etc/passwd and most /etc/passwd users are not
:email users).  Ideal would be a one-file solution, which can be managed by
:text editing or simple command line tools.  But what I want is ONE file that
:both Postfix (for valid recipients) and Dovecot (for user login
:authentication) can use together.  An alternative is some way to get Postfix
:to go through Dovecot to query for users (at the time of mail arriving on
:SMTP so it doesn't queue anything that would later be rejected).  This is a
:smallish setup on one server, with probably a max of 50 to 100 users and 50
:or so role account mailboxes over the next year or two.  Any
:recommendations?

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