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Passing information from passdb to userdb
by Qmail 23 Nov '17

23 Nov '17

I'm trying to hack together a new authentication back-end and I wanted to know if it's possible to pass values from passdb to userdb in the auth_request structure at authentication time. I modified struct auth_request in auth-request.h to contain a new variable and it gets set properly in my passdb, however the value is not there when checking for it userdb. I'm very novice when it comes to Dovecot programming so any help is appreciated. Thanks!

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[Dovecot] Configure replication in backup mode
by japerez 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

Dovecot 2.2.27 (c0f36b0) I'm trying to configure dovecot to backup all my email to a secondary server using "dsync". I got it working in "sync" mode or two-way synchonization, that means whatever happens in one server gets replicated in the other. However, documentation also says that a one way synchronization is posible, yet, after spending a good amount of hours searching, I failed to find what do I have to modify in my "30-dsync.conf" to do so. My 30-dsync.conf reads as follows: #This sets globally the port needed to connect #to the doveadm service #doveadm_port = 12345 # Set the password globally to use for connecting to # and requiring for the doveadm service doveadm_password = +++++++++++++ # Set the directory for validating certificates # provided when running with SSL enabled # Should be the standard OpenSSL certificate directory by default ssl_client_ca_dir = /etc/ssl/certs # Configure the doveadm service to listen service doveadm { inet_listener { # port to listen on port = 12345 # enable SSL # ssl = yes } } # Configure the aggregator service for notifications service aggregator { fifo_listener replication-notify-fifo { # Your mail user that's managing files generally is used here user = +++++ mode = 0755 } unix_listener replication-notify { user = +++++ mode = 0755 } } # Configure the replicator service service replicator { user = root process_min_avail = 1 unix_listener replicator-doveadm { user = root mode = 0755 } } replication_dsync_parameters = -d -N -l 30 -U -x nobody # Configure target hosts for replication # tcps can be tcp if you don't want to connect with SSL # :port can be omitted if it's the default set globally for doveadm plugin { mail_replica = tcp:*.*.*.*:12345 } Thanks.

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dovecot initscript
by dovecot＠schoepfer.info 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

Hi, about https://wiki.dovecot.org/DovecotInit, i wondered about stop) if test $running = yes; then echo "Stopping Dovecot" kill `cat $pidfile` echo "." else echo "Dovecot is already stopped." fi ;; Is "doveadm stop" technically the same, or better/worse/safer? Does "doveadm stop" wait until all child processes are finished, or would "sleep 1" in the restart-function still be necessary in this case? Is "kill -HUP `cat $pidfile`" technically the same as "doveadm reload"? If it'a all fine to use doveadm in an initscript, i there a reason to not add "doveadm start" to doveadm functionality? Surely this is not that important, but maybe a bit more consistent. Thanks, Johannes

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Log rotation and combining...
by SH Development 22 Nov '17

22 Nov '17

I have recently noticed that my dovecot-deliver.log is huge and wanted to start rotating it. So a couple of questions: 1. Can the dovecot-deliver.log be combined with the maillog, that gets rotated weekly? If it can be done, is it advisable? Since the inception of this particular server, the log file has been located in the /home/vmail directory. Is there a reason it shouldn’t be located in the /var/log directory with the maillog? 2. Separate from above, if I create a new logrotate script example as follows: # dovecot SIGUSR1: Re-opens the log files. /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log { missingok notifempty delaycompress sharedscripts postrotate /bin/kill -USR1 `cat /var/run/dovecot/master.pid 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true endscript } I get the following error only when cron tries to run it: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: stat of /home/vmail/dovecot-deliver.log failed: Permission denied Owner on the log are vmail:vmail. If I manually force logrotate on this particular log, it works fine. Ethon

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Re: Errors installing on Ubuntu 17.04
by Someone 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

On Tue, 21/11/17, Jeff Kletsky <dovecot(a)allycomm.com> wrote: > On 11/20/17 1:58 PM, Someone wrote: > > > I've been struggling with this on and off for a while now. Upon > > attempting to install Dovecot on Ubuntu 17.04 I get the following errors [...] > "Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full." I'm aware of that, yes. Unfortunately I don't know how to tell any of the myriad of package installers to "do the right thing" in such cases, and, as stated, this is happening during installation. > Without seeing the full messages, my guess is that you've got problems with your IPv6 configuration or connectivity. Entirely possible, since I don't have IPv6 and have completely disabled it as a result. Even were I to re-enable it, I don't see it would help if problems with IPv6 connectivity would also be a problem (because I don't have it).

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home folder for virtual users with autoexpunge setting
by felix＠kngnt.org 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

Hi all, I have enabled today the autoexpunge setting for Trash folders, and I am getting the following error when Dovecot starts: imap(<USER>): Error: autoexpunge: Couldn't create dovecot.autoexpunge.lock lock: User has no home directory I understand this is correct: as <USER> is a virtual user, it does not have home folder. Is there any way I can set the autoexpunge plugin to store the lock file in the virtual user email home folder? Thank you! Felix

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macros in config support
by Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

Hi. Is there any support for macros in dovecot configuration - user defined macros? For example: server-config.conf: %define my_db_name "aaa" %define my_db_host "db.example.com" %define my_db_pass "sdfdsfsdfsdf2313" %define server_id 10 %define something blabla ... dovecot-sql.conf: !include server-config.conf connect = host=%{my_db_host} dbname=%{my_db_name} .... iterate_query = SELECT ... WHERE os.id_pop3_server=%{server_id} ... Basically to be able to use own macros anywhere in config files. -- Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz, arekm / ( maven.pl | pld-linux.org )

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LMTP "Relative home directory paths not supported"
by Jeff Kletsky 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

I'm in the process of moving from LDA to LMTP (Postfix upstream) prior to a transition off `nix accounts to virtual accounts and am stumped by LMTP reporting dovecot: lmtp(10019, jeff(a)example.com) Error: Relative home directory paths not supported: 0 LDA does /not /have any problems with PAM or passwd-file passdb/userdb and the ubiquitous definition of mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs I have yet to be able to get LMTP to deliver mail, nor have I found anything on the Dovecot wiki to describe how to represent that the mail_location is <whatever/userdb/returned/for/home>/Maildir I'd prefer to localize the user-to-file-space mapping localized to Dovecot (rather than split within Postfix and Dovecot) I'd definitely appreciate any pointers to web pages or specific suggestions as to how to resolve this. Excerpts of Dovecot local.conf follow, full doveconf -n output on request. The/users /file is in the same format as FreeBSD /etc/master.passwd with name, password, UID, gid, home_dir, and shell meaningfully populated. The configuration below works with LDA (end-to-end). With LMTP, it identifies <jeff(a)example.com> as a valid destination, but fails on delivery with the "relative home directory paths" error message. passdb { driver = passwd-file args = /path/to/users } userdb { driver = passwd-file args = username_format=%n /path/to/users } # See http://wiki2.dovecot.org/MailLocation/Maildir # https://wiki.dovecot.org/VirtualUsers/Home mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs # mail_location = maildir:%h/Maildir:LAYOUT=fs Thanks! Jeff

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Errors installing on Ubuntu 17.04
by Someone 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

I've been struggling with this on and off for a while now. Upon attempting to install Dovecot on Ubuntu 17.04 I get the following errors Selecting previously unselected package dovecot-imapd. (Reading database ... 243684 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../dovecot-imapd_1%3a2.2.27-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking dovecot-imapd (1:2.2.27-2ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for dovecot-core (1:2.2.27-2ubuntu2) ... Processing triggers for ufw (0.35-4) ... Setting up dovecot-imapd (1:2.2.27-2ubuntu2) ... Creating config file /etc/dovecot/conf.d/20-imap.conf with new version Processing triggers for dovecot-core (1:2.2.27-2ubuntu2) ... Job for dovecot.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status dovecot.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript dovecot, action "restart" failed. dovecot.service - Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/dovecot.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2017-10-05 14:08:56 BST; 17ms ago Docs: man:dovecot(1) http://wiki2.dovecot.org/ Process: 8880 ExecStop=/usr/bin/doveadm stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Process: 8885 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/dovecot (code=exited, status=89) Main PID: 8729 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Oct 05 14:08:56 ash systemd[1]: Starting Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server... Oct 05 14:08:56 ash dovecot[8885]: Error: socket() failed: Address family n…ocol Oct 05 14:08:56 ash dovecot[8885]: Error: service(imap-login): listen(::, 1…ocol Oct 05 14:08:56 ash dovecot[8885]: master: Error: socket() failed: Address …ocol Oct 05 14:08:56 ash dovecot[8885]: Fatal: Failed to start listeners Oct 05 14:08:56 ash systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Control process exited, co…s=89 Oct 05 14:08:56 ash systemd[1]: Failed to start Dovecot IMAP/POP3 email server. Oct 05 14:08:56 ash systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Unit entered failed state. Oct 05 14:08:56 ash systemd[1]: dovecot.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. dpkg: error processing package dovecot-core (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 (and more) Apologies for any wrapping due to long lines in the above output.

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Re: dovecot-lda without starting dovecot?
by Aki Tuomi 20 Nov '17

20 Nov '17

you could try setting protocols = in config file to disable (most) listeners. ---Aki TuomiDovecot oy -------- Original message --------From: Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw.ml(a)ithnet.com> Date: 03/11/2017 19:39 (GMT+02:00) To: Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot(a)dovecot.org> Subject: Re: dovecot-lda without starting dovecot? On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 19:30:22 +0200 Sami Ketola <sami.ketola(a)dovecot.fi> wrote: > > On 3 Nov 2017, at 18.23, Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw.ml(a)ithnet.com> > > wrote: Hello Aki, > > > > let me explain this a bit more. We do not intend to use only some copied > > binary. Of course we would do a full installation of dovecot and > > pidgeonhole, only we question if it is necessary to start the dovecot > > init-file bringing up the dovecot imap/imap-login/pop/pop-login/auth and > > other processes. Indeed we have virtual users. > > > While it might be possible to disable all the other services except master I > must ask why? How would the users be accessing their mails then? > > Sami Hello Sami, you did not read my first post. We are talking about a multihost installation where one host does SMTP and LDA, and the other does POP and IMAP (with dovecot). Now we want to use dovecot-lda for the local delivery _on the SMTP host_. So there is no need for open POP or IMAP ports and the corresponding running services. -- Regards, Stephan

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