Disabling passdb pam in local.conf

[Peter Chiochetti]

Am 2016-06-21 um 13:51 schrieb Ralf Hildebrandt:
> * Patrick Ben Koetter <p at sys4.de>:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I'm trying to create a configuration that leaves every config file deployed by
>> an install process or paket management software untouched. The goal is to put
>> every configuration required into /etc/dovecot/local.conf.
>>
>> I've come quite far, but I fail to disable pam as passdb service in
>> local.conf. What I get if I run doveconf -n is this section:
>>
>> passdb {
>>    driver = pam
>> }
>
>
> What is the actual problem? System accounts shouldn't be able to
> log-in? System accounts shouldn't be valid mailboxes?
>

Use case: virtual accounts in "passdb { driver = passwd-file …"

The initial pam driver will make each logon have to wait for pam to 
timeout first which adds a considerable delay in the process

-- 
peter