[Dovecot] Per user quotas

[Timo Sirainen]

Correct, except I wouldn't go modifying /etc/passwd directly in any case. Other software besides Dovecot might not like it. Better to create a whole new /etc/dovecot/passwd or something.

On 17.10.2012, at 16.44, Jack Bates wrote:

> My recommendation is that you use Passwd-file instead of Passwd and specify /etc/passwd. I mention this, as Passwd can use NSS and may not give you the results you want. Passwd-file will guarantee you use the /etc/passwd file. Also, I'm not as familiar with v1.x, but I know in v2.1.10, a userdb lookup doesn't use the userdb_ prefix. So you can try it with and without that prefix. userdb_ prefix on v2 is for cases where you do a prefetch on the passdb.
> 
> I hope this helps. I've been using Passwd-file only for proxy settings and ldap for my backends to handle quota.
> 
> Jack
> 
> On 10/17/2012 2:42 AM, David Travers wrote:
>> Hi Jake,
>> 
>> Yep, similar to what I had been trying, but it doesn't seem to be working.
>> 
>> In my /etc/passwd file I had the line:-
>> dave:x:1000:1000:David Travers,,,:/home/dave:/bin/bash
>> 
>> I have changed it to show:-
>> dave:x:1000:1000:David Travers,,,:/home/dave:/bin/bash:userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=100M
>> 
>> Do I have to put the " userdb_mail=mbox:~/mail " in as well as that is specified already in Dovecot?
>> 
>> Is there anything I need to do once specifying this in the passwd file as the quota limit is not being shown as changed in Open Xchange
>> 
>> Also yes, I noticed the numbering and have corrected.
>> 
>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org [mailto:dovecot-bounces at dovecot.org] On Behalf Of Jack Bates
>> Sent: 17 October 2012 04:02
>> To: dovecot at dovecot.org
>> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] Per user quotas
>> 
>> On 10/16/2012 11:39 AM, David Travers wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I keep going round in circles with this.
>>> I have quotas up and running but would like to add a couple of per user exceptions but can't figure out how to do it!
>>> 
>>> I am using Open Xchange community edition on top of dovecot and tha tis showing the 200MB limit, if I change it in the dovecot.conf the change is reflected in open xchange, but can't figure out how to change for 1 user.
>>> 
>>> I believe I need to add to a passwd file, but I have added to that and nothing has changed.
>>> 
>>> 
>> user:{plain}pass:1000:1000::/home/user::userdb_mail=mbox:~/mail userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=100M user2:{plain}pass2:1001:1001::/home/user2::userdb_mail=maildir:~/Maildir userdb_quota_rule=*:storage=200M
>> 
>> Example given on http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserDatabase/ExtraFields
>> 
>> Note that the extra fields are prefixed with userdb_ when placed in a passwd file.
>> 
>> Also, watch your quota_rule numbering. You have 2 rules with the same number (quota_rule2 for Trash and SPAM). In the passwd file, you are replacing the rule specified by number (no number technically being the first).
>> 
>> 
>> Jack
>> 
>> 
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