[Dovecot] Master User Question

[Marc Perkel]

On 10/8/2012 11:43 AM, Robert Schetterer wrote:
> Am 08.10.2012 20:32, schrieb Marc Perkel:
>> On 10/8/2012 11:26 AM, Robert Schetterer wrote:
>>> Am 08.10.2012 20:09, schrieb Marc Perkel:
>>>> OK - I'm trying to do weird stuff so rather not answer why I'm doing
>>>> this.
>>>>
>>>> Trying to log in using a master user:
>>>>
>>>> user at example.com*master at master.com
>>>>
>>>> When debugging the master authenticates - but then it tries to
>>>> authenticate user at example.com and it's not found. And - it is true that
>>>> the user doesn't actually exist.
>>>>
>>>> What I want to do is allow it to log in without checking if the user
>>>> exists, just on the credentials of the master.
>>> i dont understand why login should work with masteruser to user , when
>>> user does not exist, would you like to get the user created on the fly
>>> by masteruser login etc ?
>> The directory structure for user at example.com exists. Just not in the
>> regular mysql database. If I create a fake passdb system it works:
>>
>> passdb {
>>    driver = static
>>    args = nopassword=y
>> }
>>
>> However - it leaves the system wide open for anyone. Basically - only
>> master users are going to log in and manage stored spam for regular
>> users. The master user will be able to spoof being the regular user to
>> review stored spam.
>>
>>
> whats the problem in simply create the user mailbox?
> i.e lda etc may do it on the fly be recieving a mail
>
> http://wiki2.dovecot.org/LDA
> -m <mailbox>: Destination mailbox (default is INBOX). If the mailbox
> doesn't exist, it will not be created (unless the lda_mailbox_autocreate
> setting is set to yes). If message couldn't be saved to the mailbox for
> any reason, it's delivered to INBOX instead.

Maybe there's some way to have more than one mail_location? I have this 
- and it's confusing:

maildir:/fakedir/%d/%n:INBOX=/email/%d/%n:LAYOUT=fs

the /fakedir directory is externally built and it has symlinks pointing 
onto the /email directory where the email is stored. If I could set up a 
passdb and specify a different mail_location that might solve my 
problem, at least one of them.

So close - yet so far away.