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doveadm import from backup of public namespace
by Bernhard Westenhöfer 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

Hello, we are creating backups of our public folders with following command: /usr/bin/doveadm -o mail=mdbox:/home/vmail/public backup "mdbox:/var/local/backup/dovecot/public" With doveadm we can search/extract mails like that: doveadm -D -o plugin/acl="" -o mail=mdbox:/var/local/backup/dovecot/public search mailbox INBOX.projects.implementation.55-0004-000-IT.Server.Mailsystem.imap all .... doveadm(bwe): Debug: Effective uid=0, gid=0, home=/root doveadm(bwe): Debug: acl: No acl setting - ACLs are disabled doveadm(bwe): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=INBOX., sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mdbox:/var/local/backup/dovecot/public doveadm(bwe): Debug: fs: root=/var/local/backup/dovecot/public, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(bwe): Debug: Namespace : type=public, prefix=Public., sep=., inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mdbox:/home/vmail/public doveadm(bwe): Debug: fs: root=/home/vmail/public, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(bwe): Debug: Namespace : type=public, prefix=Archive., sep=., inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mdbox:/home/vmail/archive doveadm(bwe): Debug: fs: root=/home/vmail/archive, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(bwe): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=no location=fail::LAYOUT=none doveadm(bwe): Debug: none: root=, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= 12a155041b825d57c7150000d77ca1d0 2 12a155041b825d57c7150000d77ca1d0 3 12a155041b825d57c7150000d77ca1d0 4 When trying to import mails from those backups we can find no way to address the public folder to import from: doveadm -D -o plugin/acl="" import -u bwe mdbox:/var/local/backup/dovecot/public restore Mailbox projects.implementation.55-0004-000-IT.Server.Mailsystem.imap all doveadm -D -o plugin/acl="" import -u bwe mdbox:/var/local/backup/dovecot/public restore mailbox INBOX.projects.implementation.55-0004-000-IT.Server.Mailsystem.imap all doveadm -D -o plugin/acl="" import -u bwe mdbox:/var/local/backup/dovecot/public restore mailbox Public.projects.implementation.55-0004-000-IT.Server.Mailsystem.imap all nothing happens, we just get: doveadm(bwe): Debug: Effective uid=0, gid=0, home=/root doveadm(bwe): Debug: acl: No acl setting - ACLs are disabled doveadm(bwe): Debug: fs: root=/var/local/backup/dovecot/public, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(bwe): Debug: Added userdb setting: mail=mdbox:~/mdbox doveadm(bwe): Debug: Added userdb setting: plugin/master_user=bwe doveadm(bwe): Debug: Effective uid=2000, gid=2000, home=/home/vmail/bwe doveadm(bwe): Debug: acl: No acl setting - ACLs are disabled doveadm(bwe): Debug: Namespace inbox: type=private, prefix=INBOX., sep=., inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mdbox:~/mdbox doveadm(bwe): Debug: fs: root=/home/vmail/bwe/mdbox, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(bwe): Debug: Namespace : type=public, prefix=Public., sep=., inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mdbox:/home/vmail/public doveadm(bwe): Debug: fs: root=/home/vmail/public, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(bwe): Debug: Namespace : type=public, prefix=Archive., sep=., inbox=no, hidden=no, list=yes, subscriptions=yes location=mdbox:/home/vmail/archive doveadm(bwe): Debug: fs: root=/home/vmail/archive, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= doveadm(bwe): Debug: Namespace : type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=no, hidden=yes, list=no, subscriptions=no location=fail::LAYOUT=none doveadm(bwe): Debug: none: root=, index=, indexpvt=, control=, inbox=, alt= How can mails from those backups restored or how do we have to address the mailbox in this case? Bernhard

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chroot: Error: Temp file creation to /tmp
by bvr 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

Hello, We are using dovecot (2.2.10) and it's working great! When I enable chrooting by appending /./ to the homedirs I'm getting errors like this: mail1 dovecot[47074]: imap(user): Error: Temp file creation to /tmp/dovecot.imap.mail1.70079. failed: No such file or directory On the surface everything seems to be working fine and I have not been able to produce the error myself. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, bvr.

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exempt local auth-client UNIX socket from failed login penalty // add to login_trusted_networks ?
by Steffen Kaiser 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm using Dovecot v2.2 with unix_listener auth-client { } to verify passwords for a different service. However, it looks like that auth_failure_delay effects all connects going through that socket. I mean: connect /var/run/dovecot2.2/auth-client attempt bad auth 2s penalty NO disconnect ==> Note, it's another connection almost immediately following each connect /var/run/dovecot2.2/auth-client attempt good auth 2s penalty OK disconnect Can I disable auth_failure_delay for local UNIX sockets? How do I add it to login_trusted_networks? - -- Steffen Kaiser -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEVAwUBV20MbHz1H7kL/d9rAQKm1AgAiVjjSimUTapEbhqHwZzfQWLzcJlkfm2W z5smziGbVELYb0/COPd84GK6wyUF7+3iRZOuVPhLRdljhB72PWRe+hHX3KgMWHr2 1o5WLkX+0cGEwSXMvJ2w3ee/zmxYxva2WI+PjSzkgvvhxGMtnIxO7mMglEV5zbbq ZxJcC1Ba4T9qpUhRIw3EQ5VPRs4cnLBz3Im4IDGLduWAGJYf/Rrxh+x+k3IqMtzb v92ErjgQtz5bN+bgEtQ8C33UehoZeZ93eA3V8o/OiwZPtWyneWL6Yqwxni4LjtLI R4wuu0N6Ea/BbA/fsElquRer0bXH2Zkt5mckJpDG6Rbe/IO5WYXq0A== =axyE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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dsync unstable? (other strange detail)
by Heiko Schlittermann 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

Hi, I'm trying to migrate from Cyrus (remote side) to Dovecot 2.2.24 (local). On the local side the destinations folders, and indexes are empty. The command I'm using is doveadm \ -o mail_plugins= \ -o imapc_master_user=<cyrus-user> \ -o imapc_password=<cyrus-password> \ -o imapc_host=<cyrus-ip> \ \ -o imapc_ssl_verify=no \ -o imapc_ssl=imaps \ -o imapc_port=993 \ backup -f -u "heiko" -R imapc: \ || { rc=$? echo "EXIT: $rc" >&2 exit $rc } On successive runs of the above command I get: dsync(heiko): Warning: Deleting mailbox 'Serververwaltung.Mailinglisten Anforderung': UID=16 GUID= is missing locally EXIT: 75 dsync(heiko): Warning: Deleting mailbox 'Serververwaltung.Mailman': UID=2 GUID= is missing locally EXIT: 75 dsync(heiko): Warning: Deleting mailbox 'Serververwaltung.Servermeldungen': UID=514 GUID= is missing locally EXIT: 75 dsync(heiko): Warning: Deleting mailbox 'Serververwaltung.Servermeldungen.AIDE': UID=188292 GUID= is missing locally EXIT: 75 dsync(heiko): Warning: Deleting mailbox 'Serververwaltung.Servermeldungen.AIDE.AIDE - 2012': UID=9343 GUID= is missing locally EXIT: 75 Any idea where to look next? Is 'doveadm backup' the wrong tool for such migration? (I'd say with about 2.2.9 I had similar problems, but at least it didn't stop at every subfolder.) Best regards from Dresden/Germany Viele Grüße aus Dresden Heiko Schlittermann -- SCHLITTERMANN.de ---------------------------- internet & unix support - Heiko Schlittermann, Dipl.-Ing. (TU) - {fon,fax}: +49.351.802998{1,3} - gnupg encrypted messages are welcome --------------- key ID: F69376CE - ! key id 7CBF764A and 972EAC9F are revoked since 2015-01 ------------ -

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FTS search used / useful on an IMAP proxy?
by Luca Lesinigo 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

We are preparing an IMAP proxy based on dovecot-2.2.22, basic proxy functionality is already working and I’m trying to understand if having the FTS service configured on the dovecot *proxy* would be of any use. I do suspect it would be useless, I guess dovecot in imap proxy mode just forwards any command to the backend and does not bother to do anything about it, but I’m failing to find a definitive answer in the documentation. If I am guessing correctly, an fts service would only be useful if configured and working on the actual backend. Can anyone clarify my doubts? thank you, -- Luca Lesinigo

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Disabling passdb pam in local.conf
by Patrick Ben Koetter 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

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 } It is in there, because 10-auth.conf includes it: !include auth-system.conf.ext These actions are not an option at the moment: - modify /etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf and comment/remove the !include-statement - create an /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf which would contain all options required and would not include any other *.conf files Reading http://wiki2.dovecot.org/ConfigFile I see ways to include external files, but nothing to exclude a file in local.conf. Knowing Timo I would expect there is a way to acchieve what I want. I just don't seem to find it. What am I missing? Regards, p@rick -- [*] sys4 AG https://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 Schleißheimer Straße 26/MG,80333 München Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein

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Suggestion: Split login_trusted_networks
by Peter Mogensen 29 Jun '16

29 Jun '16

Hi, For the upcoming 2.3 development, I'd like to re-suggest this: It seems the use of login_trusted_networks is overloaded. Example: * It's used for indicating which hosts you trust to provide XCLIENT remote IP's. (like a proxy) * It's used for indicating from which hosts you trust logins enough to disable auth penalty. (like in a webmail) Often these two uses cases have a different set of hosts. So you can't have one set of hosts which you trust for XCLIENT and another set of hosts you trust for not being the origin of brute force attacks. /Peter

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Where Dovecot stores subscribtions for shared folder
by Miloslav Hůla 28 Jun '16

28 Jun '16

Hi, could please someone hint me, where Dovecot stores subscribtions for shared folder? Our configuration: namespace { disabled = no hidden = no ignore_on_failure = no inbox = no list = children location = maildir:/vmail/user/%%n/Maildir:INDEXPVT=/vmail/user/%n/Maildir/Shared/%%n prefix = user.%%n. separator = . subscriptions = yes type = shared } When I subscribe to 'user.test', I'll get ~Maildir/Shared/test/.INBOX/dovecot.index.pvt.log in it. When I unsubscribe from 'user.test', file stays there and its hash is the same. Kind regards, Milo

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doveadm purge -A includes users with gid outside of limits and then reports error
by Michal Hlavinka 27 Jun '16

27 Jun '16

Hi, one our user reported that when he runs "doveadm purge -A" it goes through users that don't have gid in the first_valid_gid-last_valid_git range and it reports error. For example: doveadm(dovenull): Error: user dovenull: Mail access for users with GID 996 not permitted (see first_valid_gid in config file, gid from userdb lookup). doveadm(dovenull): Error: User init failed auth/userdb-passwd.c : passwd_iterate_want_pw(...) has checks for UID range, but does not have checks for GID range. Is there any reason for this? We've added those checks (see attached patch) and all seems fine. Cheers, Michal Hlavinka

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Mailboxes on NFS or iSCSI
by Miloslav Hůla 27 Jun '16

27 Jun '16

Hello, we are running Dovecot (2.2.13-12~deb8u1) on Debian stable. Configured with Mailbox++, IMAP, POP3, LMTPD, Managesieved, ACL. Mailboxes are on local 1.2TB RAID, it's about 5310 accounts. We are slowly getting out of space and we are considering to move Mailboxes onto Netapp disk array with two independent network connections. Are there some pitfalls? Not sure we should use NTP or iSCSI mounts (both open implementations are not so shiny). Thanks for sharing any experiences. Kind regards, Milo

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