[Dovecot] 2 users database on same LDAP with different mail location

[Francesco]

Il 25/02/2014 14:18, Steffen Kaiser ha scritto:
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2014, list at grootstyr.eu wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:42:33AM +0100, Francesco wrote:
> >> in details for all the users i'd like to use maildir storage in a
> >> directory, while for the users belonging to a specific OU i'd like to
> >> use dbox with an alternative storage attached.
> >>
> >> so i created 2 userdb like this:
> >>
> >> userdb {
> >>   driver = ldap
> >>   args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-maildir.conf.ext
> >> }
> >>
> >> userdb {
> >>   driver = ldap
> >>   args = /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap-dbox.conf.ext
> >> }
> >>
> >> and then defined these 2 args files:
> >> maildir:
> >>
> >> hosts = localhost
> >> dn = CN=ldapadmin,OU=administrators,DC=plutone,DC=local
> >> dnpass = <password>
> >> auth_bind = yes
> >> ldap_version = 3
> >> base = DC=plutone,DC=local
> >> user_attrs = sAMAccountName=home=/var/vmail/%$
> >>
> >> dbox:
> >>
> >> hosts = localhost
> >> dn = CN=ldapadmin,OU=administrators,DC=plutone,DC=local
> >> dnpass = <password>
> >> auth_bind = yes
> >> ldap_version = 3
> >> base = OU=dboxusers,OU=lowpriority,DC=plutone,DC=local
> >> user_attrs = sAMAccountName=home=/var/local_dbox/%$,
> >> =mail=dbox:/var/local_dbox/%$:ALT=/var/iscsi_dbox/%$
> >> user_filter = (&(ObjectClass=person)(mail=%u))
> >>
> >> yet it doesn't matter how hard i try if i send an email to a user
> >> belonging to the dboxusers OU i still have the user to be addressed to
> >> the maildir storage in /var/vmail
>
> > You can use LDAP to search for an alternative mail attribute, and
> specify a default location using
> > mail_location. In your example; mail_location = /var/vmail/%u. Then
> use one LDAP config file to override the
> > mailbox location if the LDAP database specifies a maildir location.
>
> > By the way, aren't userdb's searched sequentially? Try switching
> those userdb's to make the one with the group
> > lookup go first. LDAP users will always match the userdb without
> group lookup.
>
> yep, the first file, which belongs to the first userdb {} I guess,
> does not have no user_filter, so it does always find the user.
>
> Either add a user_filter to the first file, that excludes any dbox
> users, or switch the order of both userdb's.
>
> -- Steffen Kaiser

I think i'll go for the reordering which looks to be simplier as i'm a
sheep when it comes to LDAP stuff :D

Francesco