If a host is running NIS (passwd file ends in +::0:0:::) authentication, will dovecot be able to authenticate with

auth_userdb = passwd

directly and automagically or do you have to do a ypcat passwd > pwfile periodically to generate a passwd file that dovecot can use?

?

Thanks!

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Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Henderson Computer Resources Center of Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504
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