[Dovecot] lmtp logging to separate file

[Nikita Koshikov]

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Timo Sirainen <tss at iki.fi> wrote:

> On 12.2.2011, at 9.46, Nikita Koshikov wrote:
>
> >> service lmtp {
> >>  executable = lmtp -L
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> > This works, thank you.
> >
> > Quick src code view gave more lmtp params, can you tell what is relevant
> command line keys for this options and maybe comment some of them? wiki2
> still lacks all this info.
>
> These flags have just about nothing to do with command line parameters.
> They're all about how the binary should work correctly.
>
> > MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_DISALLOW_ROOT |
>
> User root isn't allowed for mail actions (pretty much everything has this,
> root is evil).
>
> > MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_USERDB_LOOKUP |
>
> Users are looked up via userdb lookup, rather than from environment
> variables and current process euid.
>
> > MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_TEMP_PRIV_DROP |
>
> Privileges are dropped only temporarily (this is the biggest thing I hate
> about LMTP processes - they effectively run as root).
>
> > MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_NO_LOG_INIT |
>
> The "mail storage service" code doesn't change anything related to logging.
> I don't remember exactly why this matters, but I think lmtp does this
> internally.
>
> > MAIL_STORAGE_SERVICE_FLAG_NO_IDLE_TIMEOUT;
>
> UNIX socket connections to auth-userdb aren't disconnected. Mostly just an
> optimization.


Thanks for explanation.