edit ACL files

[Daniel Tröder]

On 02/17/2016 08:09 PM, Chris wrote:
> is it possible to edit ACL files regularly with an editor or is there any
> reason to use doveadm?
It may be possible, but I'd not recommend it from a general point of
view (without knowing the internals of Dovecot).

It is like using the internal objects in a library - not the API - when
programming: While it may work with a certain version of the software,
it may stop working in the next version. It could also be, that the
software uses (or in a future version starts using) caching mechanisms,
that render your changes invalid.

The API you can safely use is the command line program doveadm. If you
use one of its internal data structures (ACL files), then your software
may not be sustainable in the long term.

Greetings
Daniel

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