[Dovecot] ldap passdb + mdbox

[dmiller at amfes.com]

 On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:51:34 +0000, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 21:32 -0800, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
>> I think I got it - probably by accident.  Just because it's actually
>> working doesn't mean it's *correct* - does this look right?  Do I 
>> have
>> redundant/obsolete parms specified?
>>
>> passdb {
>>    driver = ldap
>>    args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf
>> }
>> userdb {
>>    driver = prefetch
>> }
>> userdb {
>>    driver = ldap
>>    # symlink to dovecot-ldap.conf
>>    args = /usr/local/etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-userdb.conf
>> }
>
> The symlink isn't very useful. It'll just cause extra LDAP 
> connections
> to be created, since that userdb is used only for iteration anyway 
> and
> iterations are always executed in their own separate processes with
> separate LDAP connection.

 Ok - I've returned to my normal state of confusion.  Prefetch 
 documentation says I need an explicit userdb for LDA/LMTP use.  And 
 somewhere I read I wasn't supposed to use the exact same filename for 
 both userdb & passdb - but a symlink was good.  What should I use 
 instead?